Haiku Lesson Plan Year 4
Haiku Lesson Plan Year 4
Haiku Lesson Plan Year 4
Objectives To learn how to compose a Haiku that makes sense, uses descriptive and artistic language and is in the correct format.
Assessment Task: Christmas Card Haiku
Action Resources Curriculum Links
Introduction ‘The next two English lessons will follow on from our unit on
Limericks. We are going to explore a different form of poetry Saaka:
from Japan, called the Haiku’ https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=K7-2_gUuWK4
Play Anime Haiku video ‘Saaka’s Haiku Battle’
How to :
https://www.youtube.com/
Play ‘How to write a Haiku’ video watch?v=Lv6f5d8-vsc
‘On each table is an envelope full of poems. In your groups, Envelopes of poetry
work out which ones are Haikus and which ones aren’t. Make (from drive, Haiku folder)
sure you can justify your answers because I will ask for your
reasons’
Use word table to form Haiku Understand, interpret and experiment with sound
devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor
and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs,
anthems and odes (ACELT1611)
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Task Students use the pictures provided and the Worksheets to Pictures for each table
complete their own Haikus
Plenary Students who finish early can start the Haiku Christmas card Worksheet
worksheet.
Haiku Lesson Plan Year 4/5 Lesson 2
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Introduction Hand out Worksheet. Worksheet General Capabilities: Grammar Knowledge, Word Knowledge
This worksheet is to help plan your Haiku Christmas Card. In the first Christmas
box you are going to draw a scene which will inspire your writing. This Images on
will be the cover of your Christmas Card. whiteboard
The second part is the Word table where you will put the nouns,
adjectives and verbs that your scene/picture inspires.
There are some images on the board if you need some ideas
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Learning Students complete worksheet Blank Cards Use metalanguage to describe the effects of
already cut ideas, text structures and language features of literary
When your work sheet is complete, put your hand up and I will check up. texts (ACELT1604)(ACELT1795)
it. If it is all ok, I will give you your card and you can start working.
Understand, interpret and experiment with a range of devices
‘Your card is being assessed; I am looking to see if you followed the and deliberate word play in poetry and other literary texts, for
rules of writing a Haiku, that you use creative and descriptive example nonsense words, spoonerisms, neologisms and
language, and that the Haiku represents the picture.’ puns (ACELT1606)
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