Do You Haiku?
Welcome to the Poetry Workshop for Teens
Introduction. Task. Process. Resources. Evaluation. Conclusions.
created by Stacy Post & Becky Richardson
This web quest is designed for students who would like to understand the community of Haiku poets, the origin of Haiku and to create a journal of haiku poems.
Joining together as writers and researchers, you will explore the scene of Haiku on the Internet from four different perspectives. You will then create a journal with the information you've gathered and created. The journal will be created using Microsoft Publisher. You will also create a PowerPoint Presentation to introduce the class to the art form of Haiku.
Students will work together to create an authentic pocket journal of Haiku poetry and articles. There are two phases to this project. Phase one is research, phase two is the creation of the journal, and phase three is the creation of the PowerPoint presentation.
Phase One
There are four roles to take part in:
1. Historian
The historian is responsible for locating information about the great Haiku writers of the past. This will include both Asian and American writers. The historian will be responsible for writing a biographical history of haiku. Your report should answer the following questions:
1. What is the history of Haiku?
2. Who are the great Haiku masters? (hint:
there are at least four... )
Give a brief biography of them.
3. What does Jack Kerouac have to do with Haiku in
4. Who are the living contributors to the Haiku scene today?
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Author Index to Haiku poetry |
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Haiku classics by the Masters |
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The Jack Kerouac Page |
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An Introduction to Haiku |
2.Beat Scene Scout
Your report will be to locate four Haiku websites and evaluate them for your audience, i.e. young adults. You should use Kathy Schrock's rules for evaluating websites. Also, you need to locate any Haiku competitions for high school students online.
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Kathy Schrock's guide to evaluating websites |
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ACORN - a journal of contemporary Haiku |
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Haiku Talk - a forum for news and views on Haiku |
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The Haiku Society of America - browse through the resource links for more websites |
3. Scholar
The
Scholar will locate the definitions of what a Haiku/Senryu
are and what the different influences or styles of haiku are used. It
will be important to discuss the differences between traditional and
contemporary haiku in a written article.
Your report needs to answer the following questions:
1. Define Haiku.
2. What is the difference between Haiku and Senryu?
3. What is the difference between traditional and contemporary Haiku?
4. What is the difference between Western and Eastern Haiku?
5. What is SPAM Haiku, and dies it have a place in the serious writing community?
4. Editor
Your job will be to locate an online tutorial on how to write Haiku. You will also preview how to use Publisher and PowerPoint to create a template for both a journal and a PowerPoint presentation. You will need to locate graphics suitable for a Haiku presentation and locate samples of other Haiku books online for ideas for your team PowerPoint presentation.
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All participants will be writing haiku poems to contribute as well.
Creating the journal.
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An Introduction from the Editor |
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An Index |
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Articles from each team member |
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Haiku/Senryu (10 from each person, Editor included) |
No more than two pages single-spaced for articles, and no more than four Haiku/Senryu on each page. This journal will be named by the student team. Final drafts will be approved by the Editor. Compilation and organization of the journal will be a team effort.
The
idea here is to create a journal based upon the facts that the members have
accumulated. For example, a journal of traditional haiku could be
made. Haiku and Senryu are often featured
together in professional journals, yet they typically have separate sections
for each type.
Be creative and have fun!
The goal of the PowerPoint presentation is to inform your peers of the world of Haiku. The idea is to inform, not bore, so keep it brief, as you will be handing out the journal to your peers.
Goals for PowerPoint Presentation:
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Create a 10 slide presentation. |
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Use appropriate graphics and sounds for a Haiku presentation. |
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Must include samples of all styles of Haiku you'll be discussing. |
Print Resources
Bibliography
Blythe, R.H. Haiku.
Four volumes.
Hass, Robert. The Essential
Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson
and Issa.
Ecco Press. 1994.
Henderson, Harold G. An
Introduction to Haiku: An Anthology of Poems and Poets from
Basho to Shiki.
Higginson, William. The Haiku Handbook: How to
Write, Share and Teach Haiku.
McGraw-Hill.
1985.
Janeczko, Paul B. Stone Bench in
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Ross, Bruce. Haiku Moment:
An Anthology of North American Haiku.
Tuttle
Co. 1993.
Van Den Heuvel, Cor. The Haiku Anthology: Haiku and Senryu in English.
Norton.
1999.
Wright, Richard. Haiku: This
Other World.
Each student will be given an individual and group grade based on the Journal and PowerPoint Presentation. A rubric for the journal is below. A link for PowerPoint rubrics follows the Journal rubric.
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grading rubric for PowerPoint Presentation can be found on
Kathy Schrock's Assessment and Rubrics Page
Utilizing the Internet to access obscure topics such as Haiku poetry, hopefully this WebQuest led students to an increased awareness of just how powerful the internet can be in creating a community of writers who share an interest in Haiku.
Last Updated April 3, 2005 by Trisha Armstrong