A Lesson Before...

Haiku?

Haiku (quick facts)

• Short, Japanese poem
• 3 lines; in English 17 syllables
• Typical: 5-7-5
• Broken: any three combination that equals 17 syllables
• Goal: Provide meaning via a "snapshot"

Your Mission :
To do
Deep textual analysis via Creative Means
(ie Haiku)

Terms to Remember

• Imagery provides a sensory "snapshot"
• Conflict (a necessary problem-- MvM; MvS; MvN; or MvSoc.)
• Mood: the feeling/atmosphere of a scene

What to do:

• Pick a prompt: 1 OR 2
• One one side of your notecard: Find and cite 1 quote that addresses your prompt
• On the other side: Construct a haiku that addresses your prompt
• If stuck: TRY.
• You may "borrow" words from the text for your haiku.

Chapter 5

• A Snapshot of Grant’s Classroom
• The Perspective of The Students

Chapter 6

• Ms. Edna Guidry: must use either “bony hand” or “bourbon”
• The mood/feeling of the conflict in this chapter (hint: choose either man v. man or man v. self)

Chapter 7

• Snapshot: Grant vs. Dr. Joseph
• The Mood of the classroom

Chapter 8

• Snapshot: pp. 59-61 (show what’s important)
• The internal conflict of Matthew Antoine — must use either “Creole” or “teacher”

GO!
(have 7 minutes or less)

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