7th LIT – Form in Poetry: "Three Haiku" and "Tanka"

Posted on February 11, 2008 by mdyogisjs.
Categories: 7th Literature.

Instructions -

THREE HAIKU

Write about the progression of your faith journey as a child, as a teen, then as an adult.

HAIKU #1 – childhood (what was you faith like back then?)
HAIKU #2 – teenage years (what is your faith like now?)
HAIKU #3 – adulthood (what do you want your faith to be like later on?)

Review of haiku pattern:

_____(5 syllables)_____
________(7 syllables)________
_____(5 syllables)_____

Please type and illustrate!

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TANKA

Write about a nature scene (fall, winter, spring, summer, sunrise, sunset, etc.). Follow the tanka syllable pattern. Please type and illustrate!

Tanka syllable pattern:

_____(5 syllables)_____
________(7 syllables)________
_____(5 syllables)_____
________(7 syllables)________
________(7 syllables)________

Both poems are due on WEDNESDAY 2/13

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7th ENGLISH – Unit 13 Review

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Categories: 7th English.

UNIT 13 Test on THURSDAY 2/14!

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