Remote Online Poetry Activity #1

Remote Online Poetry Activity #1 - Quarantine Haiku

April is National Poetry Month and many of us will be observing/celebrating it from home in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis.

As a tech coach, I have been posting remote learning ideas for teachers and thought I would try my hand at providing four online poetry activities/projects students could do involving poetry (one for each week in April).

Since we have a short week (we have Good Friday off) I thought I would start with something relatively easy...Quarantine Haiku's.

The idea came from this YouTube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC35ibZd1LE

I made a four minute instructional video for students (which you are more than welcome to share with children) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S2K8_Wl1hM. The video briefly explains what a haiku is and walks them through how to create their finished poem using Google Drawings.

Here is a copy of the Haiku Google Drawing Template if you wish to use it. You will be forced to make a copy before you can assign to students. Once you make a copy you can rename and edit as needed.

☝ Above you will find my sample quarantine haiku.

👇 Below you will find a snapshot of what your assignment in Google Classroom might look like (do not forget to make a copy of the template for each student!).

You can cut and paste all the finished student poems into one Google Slideshow.

Please share, I would love to read them! You can share in the comments below or tag me on Twitter @atechcoachlife

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