e3a Identity and Haiku

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• Leerroute 3

Haiku

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?

Identity

A confused haiku

seeking help---

identity crisis

Kash Poet 2012

Identity

A flash of brightness,

transient and untouchable,

White is a gypsy.

Brittany Reynolds 2012

Identity

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, or even a smell in the air, how you are feeling. 
• Many haiku are about very simple natural elements of day-to-day life.
• Use short phrases that evoke strong images. Use symbolism (e.g. fallen leaves for autumn or daffodils for spring) to set a mood with very few words.

Identity

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

Which identities have the
strongest effect on
how you perceive yourself?​

Which identities have the
greatest effect
on how others perceive you?​

• Have a go at writing a haiku using the theme of Identity
• Use your ideas from your Social Identity Wheel
• Try to use imagery from nature to bring across your ideas

• Write your haiku in a Word doc with your name
• Submit it on SOM by Monday 7th October

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