Haiku

This task is about writing a Japanese form of poetry called haiku.
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Haiku are short Japanese poems with a fixed pattern of three lines.
  • The first and third lines have 5 syllables (not words).
  • The second line has 7 syllables (not words).
Haiku are usually about natural things. Read this example:
 
When/ rain/ beats/ whip/like     5
And/ for/ests/ cry/ for/ mer/cy  7
The/ rain/bow/ an/swers           5

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a)  Using the previous Haiku as an example, sort the lines into the correct order for a Haiku.
  • Very determined to grow
  • Pushing dirt aside
  • A mushroom can be

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b)  Write your own Haiku. You may want to write about a season or an animal in your Haiku.
     Remember: 1st line 5, 2nd line 7, 3rd line 5 syllables.

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c)  Now edit and finish your Haiku.