February is National Haiku Writing Month. The website nahaiwrimo.com urges us to write one haiku a day for the month of February. "Why February? Because it’s the shortest month, for the world’s ...

Students will write an individual haiku. 3 - Writing includes the 6-7 characteristics of haiku and final draft is legible. 2 - Writing includes 4-5 characteristics of haiku and final draft is legible.

Ask the kids to look for all three forms of writing as you read. Introduce the blank chart and let students know they will be examining closely the poems in the book looking for similarities among the ...

Writing a haiku is a little like creating a photograph or two in writing. There you are, bleary-eyed from last night’s impudent little pinot noir and being woken at three o’clock in the ...