Haiku

You Tube
@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrtvCJMRWks



North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Justification for use: The video explains the steps for creating a haiku poem.
 * English Language Arts ** **Goal 2 **: The learner will apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
 * 2.03 ** Read a variety of texts, including: poetry (concrete, haiku)
 * Goal 4: ** The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
 * 4.07 ** Compose fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama using self-selected and assigned topics and forms.

Description of content, Instructional Uses, and Best Features
====This is a student made video that explains the steps in writing a haiku poem. The beginning explains that syllable pattern for haiku's then an explanation of how to determine syllables is provided. The video contains student actors and authentic narration presented in a colorful, entertaining video. The presentation is easy to understand and allows the user to replay the video as needed. ====

Learning Strategies and Teaching Methods
Learning Strategy: Demonstration. This video can be used as a directional method or used to review skills previously taught.

Possible Problems
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> You Tube may be blocked in some school settings. Videos can be converted off site with a You Tube converter and saved to MPG format for use in the classroom. [] Because this is a non-commercial video the volume fluctuates at times but the video is still effective for instructional purposes.