Blackout poetry and haiku

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Poetry project 1.1

Please take out your notebook and a pen

leave the rest in your bag

The poetry project

During the poetry project you will learn about and experiment with all sorts of different types of poetry.

There is an assignment with a "letter grade"

End assignment

You are going to write your own poem and recite it to class.

It must have eight lines

Its subject is your choice

Explain what the poem is about

Poem style 1: 

Black out poems

Another version of a poem is a blackout poem in which you black out a piece of text, but leave open certain words that you want to use. You create sentences with those blackouts and in this way, you create a certain message/line/and so on. 

Your own black out poem

With the paper you receive, colour your own black out poem. 

Give it a swirl and be creative!

Poem style 2: Haiku

Take out your notebook and a pen

What do both poems have in common?

What is a haiku?

It's an ancient form of poetry which originates in Japan. 

Its often themed around nature and feelings about the natural world. 

It follows a set pattern. 

Haiku rules to writing

Your assignment for today's class

Choose one of the three topics written below.

Make a haiku about that topic, and stick to the writing rule.

Structure:                                    Topic: 

5 syllables                                     1. Spring

7 syllables                                     2. School

5 syllables                                     3. Birds

Your Haiku's