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  • Whaowhia te kete mātauranga

    Fill the basket of knowledge

    Kia ora, last week we looked at poetic techniques, we annotated lyrics and poems for the techniques we saw. While it is important that we understand how a poet paints a picture with words, we need to understand that we can do this too. Poems (and lyrics) have specific structures and 'rules'.  Once we know the structure and rules we can write our own.  One of my favourite types of poems is a haiku.  A haiku has a structure based on the number of lines and the number of syllables in each line.  The syllable count is 5 - 7 - 5.  Traditionally, haiku are written about nature, but as the above example shows, they can be on any topic.  This week, we are going to write haiku about New Zealand taonga.

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Identify a New Zealand taonga to write about
    • Use the structure of a haiku to write
    • Identify the syllables in the works I use

    Activities:

    1. Choose a New Zealand Taonga
    2. Brainstorm what you know about this taonga
    3. Create a word bank for your topic
    4. Categorise your word bank into syllable count
    5. Write your haiku
    6. Publish with appropriate images


    Here is my example:


    • Our kiwi icon
    • Flightless feathered native bird
    • Brown long-beaked treasure

    Homework:
    Share your haiku with your family.  Challenge them to write their own haiku.


    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

    • We are PLANNING our short texts so that we can create poetic writing that demonstrates a range of poetic techniques