Teaching English through poems and short stories Why is it absent from so many efl classrooms?

Haiku Poems

• Haiku Hangman
• Read a definition
• Ask them the following questions to be discussed as a group:
• Do you like poetry? If you, which poets do you read, and why?
• Have you ever written poetry? If so, do you show it to other people? Why? / Why not?
• Have you ever read or written a haiku?
• When and where did the haiku originate?
• Are there any rules for writing haikus?

I hate my alarm

It always wakes me early

When dreams are still there

Today beauty fades Leaving only dead flowers Withering away

Clouds dance in the sky,

Pure white cotton on blue heights, Unveiling sunrise.

I love my kitten

She’s always in the kitchen Purring all around.

(Malu Sciamarelli)

three

Tips for writing haikus:

The haiku has a total of lines. Line one and three should have

five

syllables.

seven

Line two should have syllables.

senses

Write about experiencing life through your five .

Kinkakuji (金閣寺, Golden Pavilion), Kyoto/Japan. Malu Sciamarelli, 2013