Peachy Pooch Pennsylvania Academic Standards: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening: 1.4.3.A Just reading the name of the recipe "Peachy Pooch" can bring a smile to your face. Words have the ability to affect how we feel. Poetry is one way that writers can share their feelings through the poems they write. Using poetry can be a fun way to express your feelings too. Haiku is a kind of poem that people all over the world like to write and enjoy. Haiku poems are very short- only three lines long- and they give the writer something to think about. The Japanese began haiku as a way to write about nature. You can write your own haiku by following the easy steps listed below. Think about something in nature that you would like to write about. It could be a dog, a flower, a squirrel, a dolphin or the sky. A haiku poem only has three lines. The first line must have five syllables, the second line seven, and the third line five. This pattern is called a "5-7-5" syllable count. Write your poem using the "5-7-5" syllable count. Share your haiku poem with your family, friends and teachers. Challenge them to write their own haiku poems to share with you! *Haiku description adapted from: Writing in Action by Kim Mason, published by Loyola Press, copy write 1997.
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