Haiku Workshop

Haiku Workshop (K-8th grade)

Topic: Language Arts, Poetry

Presenter: Mary Helen Granger, M.F.A. Creative Writing, seasoned writing consultant to children.

Hands-on: Students will learn about the history of haiku from bright, easy-to-read posters and warm-up with an exercise that gives them the first feel for the form.  Young poets then create their own haiku, choosing from hundreds of laminated words provided in baskets for inspiration.  Tables covered end to end in white paper provide instant space for writing and revising. Students write and illustrate each haiku for a collective “Line of Poetry”

“The thoughtful child

slipped past his brothers

preaching doom.”

Noah, age 7