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 * LET'S WRITE HAIKU**

Japanese haiku is a three-line poem about nature. The first and third lines have 5 syllables, the second line has 7. Do these writing exercises first, then try your hand at haiku.

What is your favorite season?

Write something special about this season's weather.

Give an action of a bird or animal in this season.

Talk about a flower or other plant that grows during this season.

Now pick one of these topics: weather, bird, animal, or flower. Write your haiku, telling where it is, what it is, when it is happening. Be sure you keep to the number of syllables written at the end of each line. 5 7 5