Haiku

Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center haiku page. You will find poems, lesson plans and other resources for K-12. You will find related pages at children's poetry and middle & secondary school poetry. The ISLMC is a meta-site for librarians, teachers, parents and students. You can search this site, use an index or sitemap. Revised 2/13/03.

Forms of Poetry

Mother Goose; Haiku; Cinquains; Limericks; Free Verse.
History of Haiku

Includes biography and examples of the work of ten prominent

haikuists from Basho to Koi. Adult site
Teaching Haiku Poetry: Links, Resources, Ideas

By grade level; by Michael P. Garofalo
Haiku for People

The old masters; new haiku poems; what is haiku? How to

write Haiku-poms; links; references; from toymasu.com
Children's Haiku Garden

Illustrated haiku written by children in Japan, America and other places.
Poetry Corner. Haiku

Haiku written by fifth graders. From SchoolWorld.
Poetry Corner. Haiku

Haiku written by fourth graders. From SchoolWorld.
Haiku. ERIC Resources

Articles from ERIC on using Haiku in the curriculum.
Haiku from Children's Sqaure

Haiku written and illustrated by children from around the

world. Your children can submit their writings.
Shiki Internet Haiku Salon

Excellent resource for haiku on the seasons; Haiku by

Japanese artists Shiki Masaoka and Kametaro Yagi.

Also seasonal haiku by Kim. Adult site.
Matt Cibula. Haiku of the Day

Haiku written by children's book author Matt Cibula with

lesson plan; from Zino Press
The Art of Haiku

Renga; Brazilian haiku; create your own pseudo haiku; images;

links. Adult site.
Halloween Haikus

Written by kids.
Sample Poetry Study Outline. Haiku

English, Language Arts, grades 6-9;

from Saskatchewan Education
Japanese Literature

Introduction to folktales and haiku. from Artsedge Cultural Connections.
Monarch Haiku

Lesson plan. By Jennifer Lindahl. Grades 2-3. [Monarch butterflies]

From ERIC
A Journey to Japan Through Poetry

By Patrice M. Flynn. 3rd grade. From Yale-New Haven Lesson Plans
Lesson Plan. Sign of the Chrysanthemum

Book by Katherine Paterson. Different grade levels.

From SCORE Teacher's Guide.
Haiku. Lesson Plan

From Lyrical Lesson Plans, Harris Middle School
Haiku Poetry Based on Japanese Art

Grade 7; includes art & lesson plan; from Amarillo

Museum of Art
Mrs. Walter's Class. Haiku

By students in Room 74 at Miles Avenue School
Exploring Haiku

Grade 7 up, language arts, Japan; from 2learn
Bringing Haiku Back to Life

Grade 7 PowerPoint Mini-Poetry Unit

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Site administrator:
Inez Ramsey, Professor Emeritus
James Madison University