Haiku 4 U

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Haiku 4 U

• Reading Response

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What It Is

• A Haiku 4 U allows a reader to interact with the
  text by analyzing the importance of a particular
  passage by reducing it to the five, seven, five
  syllable pattern of a Haiku poem.

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How to Do It

• For a reading assignment, find the four most
  important passages in the text.
• Reduce the passage to a five, seven, five
  syllable pattern.

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How to Do It

• The passage must be at least one sentence long
• The passage should not be more than one page long
• Do not change the authors original words just
  reduce them to the five, seven, five syllable
  pattern
• The passage must represent one message, theme,
  idea, etc.

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Find an Image

• For each Haiku youve created, find
  or create an image that symbolizes
  the poem
• On the top of the image, write the
  five syllables
• On the right of the image, write the seven
  syllables
• On the bottom of the image, write
  the final five syllables
• On the left of the image,
  parenthetically cite your source

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Guidelines

• Cited passages must represent one common message,
  theme, idea, etc.
• Must use the authors original words
• Haiku must follow the five, seven,
  five syllable pattern
• Image must directly symbolize the
  Haiku
• Must be in color
• No lined paper
• Be thoughtful, creative, even unusual

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Obeying your will
Sweat broke out on back
(306)
(Orwell 292).
Started a shock of horror
Power is inflicting pain
Julia, my love!
Humiliation
1984 Part III Chapters 3 4
Two and two make five
Felt himself helpless
(303).
Sanity statistical
Human being defeated
(289).
Wrote God is power
A Priests power
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How to Grade a Haiku 4 U

• Each verse 5 points
• Each parenthetical citation 5 points
• Each image 5 points
• Write a two sentence evaluation focusing on
  comprehension, analysis, and evaluation
• First, state what skill you did
  well in one sentence
• Then, state what skill you could do better,
  differently, or improve upon next time