Poetry Forms Lesson, Grades 3-5: Haiku

What makes three short lines a haiku? In about 40 minutes, students learn that a haiku is a short poem of 3 lines about one moment, often in nature, count syllables, use the usual classroom 5-7-5 pattern, and fix lines that break it.

What's inside

• 17 slides, with speaker notes on all 17
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student Notes, 1 page
• Poem Page, 1 page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page
• Print-all PDF, 7 pages: lesson plan, Notes, Poem Page, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

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