Haiku 4 U

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Haiku 4 U

• Reading Literature 9-12.2 Determine Theme and
  Analyze Its Development
• Reading Informational Text 9-12.2 Determine
  Central Idea and
  Analyze Its Development

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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 this 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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Events in Chapter 4

• Lennie reveals the secret about the farm.
• What does Crooks says to Lennie about George?
• What does Crooks say about farm workers having a
  dream?
• What woman comes into the stable? What does she
  do or say?

This is my example
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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. to capture the central meaning

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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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Example

• Here is an example from Chapter 4

Everybody wants a little piece of lan. I read
plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to
heaven, and nobody gets no land. (81)
Do not include this. It is just an example Of
how I created the Haiku example.
Little piece of lan
(81)
Nobody gets to heaven
Nobody gets land
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Guidelines

• Cited passages must represent one common message,
  theme, idea, etc.
• Must use the authors original words, but edited
  to meet requirements of a haiku poem
• Haiku must follow the five, seven,
  five syllable pattern
• Image must directly symbolize the
  Haiku
• Must be in color
• No lined paper
• Be 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

• 12 verses
• 4 parenthetical citations
• 4 images that relate to citations
• 4 correct 5, 7, 5 syllable patterns
• Name of story, chapter, and part in center of the
  layout
• Colorful
• One central truth revealed for each poem

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Creativity
Evaluation
Write one sentence explaining what you
did well according to the skill being learned
using the language of Blooms taxonomy. Then,
write one more sentence explaining what you could
do better or differently next time and how you
could move up one level on Blooms Taxonomy.
Higher Order Thinking Skills
4.5 to 5/A
3.5 to 4.4/B 2.5 to 3.4/C
1.5 to 2.4/L .1 to 1.4/K
Blooms Taxonomy
Student Directions for Written Evaluation
Lower Order Thinking Skills
Grading Scale
0 Errors 4.5/A to 5/A 3 Errors - 1.5/L
to 2.4/L 1 Errors 3.5/B to 4.4/B 4 Errors
.1/K to 1.4/K 2 Errors 2.5/C to 3.4/C