Original Promptplease make a writing assignment about haiku for my writing class. include haiku and tanaka poems. need them to write a few of each. and some kind of hands on artistic, coloring, folding, something and use their poems. the poems should be related somehow. include samples and suggestions. activity should take 2 40 minute classes.
This learning resource focuses on Haiku and Tanka, two traditional Japanese poetic forms. The objective is to enable students to analyze, draft, and assemble their own original poems while demonstrating mastery of the specific syllable structures of 5-7-5 for Haikus and 5-7-5-7-7 for Tankas. Students will engage in a creative project involving paper folding to enhance their poetry skills. The document includes definitions and examples of Haikus and Tankas, success criteria for self-assessment, steps for drafting their poems, elaboration prompts to aid creativity, and a fold-out template for final assembly. It encourages reflection on the emotional depth of poetry and offers an optional challenge for storytelling through a series of connected poems.