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Have you tried writing a Haiku poem?
Haiku poems can be fun to write and can be written on any theme.
What is a Haiku?
A Haiku is a Japanese poem made up of 17 syllables. When writing in English, traditionally we construct the poem in three lines of five, seven and five syllables. However, because the Japanese language is different to ours many people disagree over the ideal length and syllables to use when writing a Haiku in English. To make it simple we will look at using Haiku with lines of 5-7-5 syllables.
What is a syllable?
A syllable is a chunk of sound.
It can help to read the word out loud.
Examples:
The word ‘cat’ has only one syllable: cat
The word ‘Monday’ has two syllables: Mon-day
The word ‘delightful’ has three syllables: de-light-ful
Here are a couple of Haiku on the April Spring theme:
Smelling sweet cut grass
Cleaning off the garden chairs
Anticipate sun
New life unfurling
Potential in the making
Growing to the sun
I am sure you could write great Haiku poems.
In fact Hannah from Berrycoombe School wrote an excellent Haiku in March when the theme was ‘food’. Here it is:
APPLES
Apples are juicy.
Colours as red as postbox.
Ripe apples for tea.
By Hannah C
Berrycoombe School
Age 7 Year 2
Thank you Hannah – great writing!
So I offer you a Haiku challenge!!!
Try writing Haiku poems and send them to bodminbookworm@aol.com (with your name, age, school and class).
It doesn’t matter if you don’t write perfect Haiku; the professionals write them in varied forms.
Just enjoy, have some fun and we’d love to read your Haiku on the current month’s theme.
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Tuesday 14 April 2009
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Quick Hints & Tips
When writing description remember to consider all five senses - taste, smell, sight, sound and touch.
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Try keeping a notebook handy for writing down your thoughts, ideas and observations. It's amazing how quick a fantastic idea can be forgotten if not written down!
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When creating a fictional character try interviewing them by designing a questionnaire that asks about their favourite things, family, hobbies, experiences, bad habits, physical features etc.
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When you are stuck for inspiration there are a number of tried and tested techniques for stimulating your imagination:
**Cut out appealing pictures/text from magazines/newspapers and make into a collage - use as inspiration or a visual mind map.
** Listen to different sorts of music
** Engage with other artists work (drama/art/fiction/dance etc) - visit the theatre, watch a film......
**Take a walk or visit a new place paying attention to every detail
** Pick five words at random and use all five in a ten minute timed piece of writing
**Play word games - word association, round robin storytelling.
LOOK OUT FOR MORE INDEPTH IDEAS/TOOLS ON OUR REGULAR BLOG POSTS AND PLEASE WRITE TO US WITH YOUR OWN IDEAS THAT WE CAN SHARE!
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Keep a journal/diary. A place to organise your thoughts and record your ideas/dreams.
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Read. Read. Read. The best way to improve your writing and find inspiration is by reading. (eg. Books, magazines, internet, and other people's work on the Bodmin Bookworm).
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Organise your thoughts and ideas using a spider diagram. Write your theme/subject inside a circle in the middle of your page. Draw lines off this circle (spider legs) and by each line add thoughts/ideas/what you want to include.
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Try keeping a notebook handy for writing down your thoughts, ideas and observations. It's amazing how quick a fantastic idea can be forgotten if not written down!
************************************************
When creating a fictional character try interviewing them by designing a questionnaire that asks about their favourite things, family, hobbies, experiences, bad habits, physical features etc.
************************************************
When you are stuck for inspiration there are a number of tried and tested techniques for stimulating your imagination:
**Cut out appealing pictures/text from magazines/newspapers and make into a collage - use as inspiration or a visual mind map.
** Listen to different sorts of music
** Engage with other artists work (drama/art/fiction/dance etc) - visit the theatre, watch a film......
**Take a walk or visit a new place paying attention to every detail
** Pick five words at random and use all five in a ten minute timed piece of writing
**Play word games - word association, round robin storytelling.
LOOK OUT FOR MORE INDEPTH IDEAS/TOOLS ON OUR REGULAR BLOG POSTS AND PLEASE WRITE TO US WITH YOUR OWN IDEAS THAT WE CAN SHARE!
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Keep a journal/diary. A place to organise your thoughts and record your ideas/dreams.
************************************************
Read. Read. Read. The best way to improve your writing and find inspiration is by reading. (eg. Books, magazines, internet, and other people's work on the Bodmin Bookworm).
************************************************
Organise your thoughts and ideas using a spider diagram. Write your theme/subject inside a circle in the middle of your page. Draw lines off this circle (spider legs) and by each line add thoughts/ideas/what you want to include.
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