Identity and Haiku (TV3a)

• Engels
• Voortgezet speciaal onderwijs
• Leerroute 3

What do you know
about Haiku?

What is Haiku?

• A form of Japanese poetry made of short, unrhymed lines that evoke natural imagery. 

• The most common format is a three-line poem with a five-seven-five syllable pattern.

What do you notice about the subject matter of the Haikus shown in the video?

A confused haiku

seeking help---

identity crisis

Kash Poet 2012

A flash of brightness,

transient and untouchable,

White is a gypsy.

Brittany Reynolds 2012

Some Inspiration...

I am still a boy

I may look twenty one but,

I have much to learn

Benjamin Alexander 2013

Writing a Haiku

• Use three lines of  5, 7, 5 syllables;
• Determine your subject matter. Pay attention to small details around you: notice things like birds or leaves outside; the way the air feels; how you are feeling. 
• Many haiku are about very simple natural elements of day-to-day life.
• Use short phrases that evoke strong images, e.g., fallen leaves for autumn or daffodils for spring.

Social Identity

Take out your 'Social Identity Wheel' and have a look at all of the different aspects of your identity.

Ask yourself: What aspect of my social identity can be used for the haiku? 

Write Your Haiku

Last lesson we looked at the theme of identity. Do the following:

• Write a haiku using this theme;
• Use your ideas from your Social Identity Wheel;
• Try to use imagery from nature to bring across your ideas.
  
  

Finished?

• Write your haiku in a Word document with your name on it;
• Submit it on SOM via 'Inleveropdrachten'. 

Let's share!