February is National Haiku Writing Month. According to a definition accepted by the Haiku Society of America, a haiku is a short poem that uses imagistic language to convey the essence of an ...
3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their ...
* What can we learn about reading and writing haiku, in particular traditional Japanese haiku? * What can we learn about reading literature closely, by focusing on words and images in order to explore ...