Vocabulary Collectors

Welcome! This slide presentation will teach you how to create a successful vocabulary haiku that uses one of the vocabulary words you have collected for the week. It will also provide the criteria for you to be able to receive full credit for your vocabulary haiku. One of the best mentor texts for haikus is Jack Prelutsky’sIf Not for the Cat. The haikus in that book, which are all about Vocabulary Collectors animals, contain some excellent vocabulary words. I learned the intransitive verb—undulate— reading this book, and I will never not think of a jellyfish when I explain what that verb means to my writing students. There is a free-to-access online notebook lesson called Haiku Riddles based on this book. Click here to visit that lesson. Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus

A haiku is an English imitation of a Japanese poetry format. The traditional Japanese haikucontains seventeen syllables expressed in three lines. Haikus are often about mankind’s connections to nature, to the seasons of life, or they juxtapose two seemingly unrelated objects. All in just seventeen syllables! Juxtapose? That sounds like a vocabulary word we better learn. Vocabulary Collectors Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus

juxtapose (transitive verb) — to place two things side by side for the purpose of comparing them. Vocabulary Collectors noun form: juxtaposition root analysis: iuxta(Latin root, meaning ‘near’ or ‘beside’)+ positio(Latin root, meaning ‘to place’) Showing sentence: “In art class yesterday, we juxtaposed a famous black and white photo with a famous color photo and examined the differences as we debated .” (examined= transitive verb; debated = intransitive) Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus

Let’s juxtapose a haiku with an even simpler poetry format—the acrostic poem. Vocabulary Collectors Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus (image found online at http://crayola.com)

Let’s learn haiku basics of a by comparing them to an even simpler poem—acrostics. A haiku is a three-line poem, consisting of seventeen syllables. The first line has five syllables, the second line has seven, and the third has five. It should try to be about some element of nature. Click to see. Vocabulary Collectors Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus

Let’s learn the “haiku basics” as we make this comparison with an acrostic poem. sun haiku Vocabulary Collectors A haiku is a three-line poem, consisting of seventeen syllables. The first line has five syllables, the second line has seven, and the third has five. It should be about some element of nature. Click to see an acrostic. Oh, powerful sun (5)When juxtaposed with our Earth, (7) We seem small indeed. (5) Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus

Let’s juxtapose a haiku with this other simple poetry. Similarities and differences? Go! Compare them! sun haiku Vocabulary Collectors Oh, powerful sun (5)When juxtaposed with our Earth, (7) We seem small indeed. (5) Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus

One of your weekly vocabulary options is to put one of your collected vocabulary words into a seventeen-syllable haiku. This will teach you syllabication. This will teach you to juxtapose or make connections with nature. This will help you have a new, meaningful experience with your vocabulary word through writing. Vocabulary Collectors Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus

Vocabulary Collectors Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus Click here to open a printable version of this rubric for your students.

Score it! Did it earn a 3 or 4? sun haiku Vocabulary Collectors Oh, powerful sun (5)When juxtaposed with our Earth, (7) We seem small indeed. (5) Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus

Vocabulary Collectors Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus How could Chaz make his vocabulary haiku worth 4 points, or is it 4 points already?

Vocabulary Collectors Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus How could Travis make his vocabulary haiku worth 4 points, or is it 4 points already?

Vocabulary Collectors Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus How could Natalie make her vocabulary haiku worth 4 points, or is it 4 points already?

Vocabulary Collectors Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus How could Jared make his vocabulary haiku worth 4 points, or is it 4 points already?

Vocabulary Collectors Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus How could Mason make his vocabulary haiku worth 4 points, or is it 4 points already?

Remember, it’s okay to “go the extra mile” with your vocabulary haikus. Use each vocabulary word correctly as you connect it to something else in a mere seventeen syllables. Take a look at these last two haikus. Both simple. Both thoughtful. Whose do you like best? Hannah’s or Ryan’s? Vocabulary Collectors Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus Hannah Ryan

In the twilight rainThese brilliant-hued hibiscus --A lovely sunset. -- Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) This is an optional extra poetry and partner task for teachers using this PowerPoint lesson. Click herefor a printable version of these haikus. Vocabulary Collectors Compare these three haikus, written by great Japanese writers. Which one do you like best? Why? Toward those short treesWe saw a hawk descendingOn a day in spring. -- Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) Look up these three vocabulary adjectives that one could associate with nature: pristine, migratory, innate. Which could you put in an interesting haiku? Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus Over the wintryforest, winds howling in ragewith no leaves to blow. -- NatsumeSoseki (1867-1916) Work with a partner to design a vocabulary haiku that would earn a four on the rubric. Be creative!

Vocabulary Collectors Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus Click here to open a printable version of this rubric for your students.

And don’t forget there’s a fun lesson online that has students continuepracticing haikus in their writer’s notebooks. Thanks for watching. Collect vocabulary to better your future. People like you if you have a good vocabulary. One of the best mentor texts for haikus is Jack Prelutsky’sIf Not for the Cat. The haikus in that book, which are all about Vocabulary Collectors animals, contain some excellent vocabulary words. I learned the intransitive verb—undulate— reading this book, and I will never not think of a jellyfish when I explain what that verb means to my writing students. There is a free-to-access online notebook lesson called Haiku Riddles based on this book. Click here to visit that lesson. Meaningful writing activity = vocabulary haikus

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