Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
Check your answers. Some changes have been made. Guess which ones.
Saturday, June 1st, 2013
http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/how-to-write-a-haiku/
HAIKUS ABOUT SEASONS
HAIKUS ABOUT NATURE
FUNNY HAIKUS
Check your answers. Some changes have been made. Guess which ones.
QUESTION TAGS YEAR 1 BILINGUAL
Affirmative statement
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Negative question tag
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1. Carlos Acosta is a Cuban ballet
dancer,
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isn’t he?
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2. You are a student,
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aren’t you?
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3.
I am a human being,
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aren’t I?
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4.
It is scorching hot today,
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isn’t it?
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5.
My friends have got laptops,
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haven’t they?
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6.
Fernando Alonso has got many awards,
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hasn’t he?
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7.
I like downloading music,
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don’t I?
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8.
You drink water every day,
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don’t you?
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9.
Roger Federer lives in Switzerland,
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doesn’t he?
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10. The Johnsons have flown to the
Seychelles Islands,
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haven’t they?
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11. Amenabar’s film The Others has starred Nicole
Kidman,
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hasn’t it?
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12. I will get more sleep to feel refreshed,
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won’t I?
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13. Politicians should create
employment/jobs,
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shouldn’t they?
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Negative statement
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Affirmative question tag
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1. Carlos Acosta isn’t a breakdancer,
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is he?
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2.
You aren’t angry at me,
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are you?
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3.
I am not a Martian,
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am I?
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4. It isn’t overcast today,
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is it?
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5.
You haven’t got a yacht,
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have you?
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6.
Maite, our principal, hasn’t got beauty spots on her face,
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has she?
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7.
I don’t like lying to
my parents,
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do I?
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8.
David Guetta doesn’t live in Thailand,
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does he?
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9.
My classmates haven’t won the trophy,
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have they?
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10. Jennifer hasn’t tidied her room,
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has she?
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11. You won’t throw the towel,
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will you?
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12. Students shouldn’t come to
school without having breakfast,
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should they?
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Haikus
http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/how-to-write-a-haiku/
WHAT IS A HAIKU?
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A haiku is an unrhymed three-line poem. It is based on a traditional
Japanese poetic form. Though there are different ways to write haiku, the traditional pattern
in English is to write the first
and last lines with five syllables each, and the middle line with seven
syllables. In other words, the pattern of syllables looks like this:
Line
1: 5 syllables
Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 5 syllables
Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 5 syllables
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Here’s another way to
visualize the same thing:
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2 3 4 5
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It
traditionally contains a word season (“kigo”) representative of
the season in which the poem is set, or a reference to the natural
world. Example:
Field
and mountains,
All taken
by the snow,
Nothing
remains.
[written
by Joso and translated by R.H. Blyth]
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Most often, haiku poems are
about seasons or nature, though you can write your own haiku about
anything you like. If you don’t want to write about nature, and would prefer to write haiku about candy or sports, that is perfectly okay.
One more thing to keep in mind is that the last line of
a haiku usually makes an observation. That is, the third line points
out something about the subject you are writing about.
Let’s see how we can
put these few rules together get your started writing your own
haiku poems.
HAIKUS ABOUT SEASONS
Let’s say that you
decide to write your haiku
about a season. First you will want to select a season: spring,
summer, fall, or winter. I’ve decided to write a haiku about winter, and I know that in the last
line I will want to make an
observation. I want to say that
winter is almost here, but we aren’t quite ready for the snow.
Maybe it’s that we haven’t raked the leaves off
the front lawn and we need to do it soon before it snows.
I want to say all of this, but I want to do it in a pattern of 5, 7, 5. So I might say something like
this:
Winter
is
coming.
Snow
will
be arriving soon.
We
should
rake the leaves.
If you count
the syllables on your fingers as you read this poem, you will
see that the lines have five syllables, seven
syllables, and five syllables, just as they should.
HAIKUS ABOUT NATURE
If you decide to write a haiku about nature, you will
have many more subjects to choose
from. You could write about animals, plants, the sky, the ocean, streams,
the wind, and so on. Start by selecting a topic, and then decide what you want to say; what observation you want to make about it.
For example, I have
decided to write a haiku
about my cat. One thing I notice about my cat is
that he sleeps a lot.
In fact, I’m pretty sure he sleeps almost all night and all day. I’m
not sure how he can be so tired. In any case, here is
my haiku:
Tired
cat sleeps
all night.
He
needs
lots of rest for a
Long
day of napping.
FUNNY HAIKUS
Just because most haiku
poems are about seasons or nature doesn’t mean that’s
all they can be about. If you want, you can even write
funny haiku poems. One way to make a
haiku funny is to have an unexpected last
line. For example, if the last line says the opposite of what the reader
expects,
it becomes
like the punchline of a joke. It also helps to write about a funny subject.
As an example, I decided
it would
be funny to write a haiku
excuse for why I can’t turn in my homework. Here it is:
My
homework is late.
My
dog ate
it this morning.
I
sure like
my dog.
Notice that this ending is
unexpected. Most readers would expect the poem to end with something like “can
I turn
it in
tomorrow?” or “I’m mad at dog” or something like that. By saying “I sure like my dog,” I am telling the reader
something they don’t expect, which will hopefully make them smile.
GETTING STARTED WRITING A HAIKU POEM
To begin writing haiku poems, just follow these steps:
1.
Select a
type of haiku.
2.
Pick a
topic.
Select one specific season, item in
nature, or something else you are going to write about.
3.
Think
about what is different about your last line.
What observation do
you want to make?
4.
Start writing.
5.
Don’t forget to count the syllables as you read to make sure you’ve got the right pattern.
6.
Finally, “center” your poem on the page like the poems in this lesson.
When you are all done
writing your first haiku, see
if you can write another one.
And, most importantly, have
fun!
Let's have some practice:
Lucas Santo Domingo Amutio's haiku (Year 1E):
Students look like slaves.
They are working night and day.
I think they should rest.
María's haiku:
Love, friendship matter.
Feelings make the world go round.
My heart bears no grudge.
