This document outlines the learning objectives and expectations for an English class. It introduces the topics that will be covered - understanding classroom expectations, why people write poetry, and what a Haiku is. It defines a Haiku as a 3-line Japanese poem with a 5-7-5 syllable structure that creates a picture using nature imagery. Students are instructed to write their own Haiku describing themselves and will share them to introduce each other. The document provides examples of Haikus and questions for students to discuss in pairs about poetry.
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Year 8 English class expectations
1. Fill in the front of your
exercise book:
Your Name
Year 8
English
Learning objectives
Today we will:
• understand Miss Kristian’s expectations of us.
• understand why people write poetry
• understand what a Haiku is and to write one of your own
2. Classroom expectations
• When someone is speaking, nobody else
should be.
• We will respect and listen to each other’s
opinions.
• We will try our best in every lesson.
• After 5,4,3,2,1 we should be silent.
3. With the person you’re sitting with:
• In your jotter, come up with three important
class room expectations.
• Now join up with another pair.
• In your new group, share ideas and decide on
two top class room expectations.
5. Discuss and answer these questions in pairs
Write the answers in your books
What is poetry?
Why do
people write
poetry?
Can you name any
different types of
poetry?
6. Why Poetry?
Statement Agree Disagree
People write poems for their own pleasure
People write poems to express their feelings
People write poems to give to or dedicate to other people
People write poems to tell a story
People write poems to get a message across to the reader
People write poems to make you imagine a place or person
People write poems to entertain
People write poems when they’re bored
7. A Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry and has three qualities:
1. It has to create a picture in the reader’s mind with only a few words
2. It has three short lines consisting of seventeen syllables (the number
of beats, for example, the word "Haiku" has two syllables: Hai-ku; the
word "introduction" has four syllables: in-tro-duc-tion.). The first line
has five syllables, the second line has seven syllables and the last line
has five syllables.
3. The traditional Haiku used nature as its main theme.
8. Here's a Haiku to help you remember:
I am first with five
Then seven in the middle --
Five again to end.
What are these two Haikus describing?
Green and speckled legs,
Hop on logs and lily pads
Splash in cool water.
In a pouch I grow,
On a southern continent –
Strange creatures I know.
9. Write your own Haiku!
Instead of writing a Haiku about nature, I want you to write
one about yourself!
The idea is we can then share them as a way of introducing
ourselves to each other.
If you are stuck getting started – mindmap things about
yourself e.g. what your hobbies and interests are.
If you are speedy and need another task – try writing a
