Poems: gratitude in three lines
Writing · Poems · B1 · 45 min. Read four haiku about the fall holiday season by students from Seoul to Ankara, count syllables, match lines to the senses, rebuild two haiku and complete a class thank-you poem, then plan and write three haiku and a thank-you poem of your own.
About this worksheet
Read four haiku about the fall holiday season by students from Seoul to Ankara, count syllables, match lines to the senses, rebuild two haiku and complete a class thank-you poem, then plan and write three haiku and a thank-you poem of your own.
- Level
- B1
- Category
- Writing
- Topic
- Poems
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Exercises
- Reading text, Multiple choice, Matching, Word order, True / False, Gap-fill, Table to fill in, Speaking / writing task
- Answer key
- Included
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On the sheet
- Reading text: Read about haiku and the four poems from an online class.
- Multiple choice: How many syllables does each word have? Say it aloud and clap. Choose
- Matching: A good haiku uses the senses. Match each line to the sense or feeling
- Word order: Put the words in order to make the lines of two haiku. Then check: 5,
- True / False: Count the syllables. Does each line have the number in parentheses? Tr
- Gap-fill: A thank-you poem is another short form. Complete Ms. Rivera's class po
- Table to fill in: Plan your poems. Choose one moment this season and make notes for each
