Description
FAST FACTS ABOUT THESE THANKSGIVING HAIKU WRITING TEMPLATES
- Recommended for: Grades 3-6
- Lesson Duration: about 45-50 minutes
- Formats: PowerPoint, PDF, and Google Slides (you only need one)
- Editable: yes, all text is editable
STUDENTS WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING SUPPLIES:
- copy of Thanksgiving Haiku Writing Templates (some students may want to write more than one haiku, so be sure to have extra copies of different Thanksgiving Haiku templates on hand).
- pen or pencil
- colored pencils, markers, or crayons
- safety scissors to cut out their haiku shape (optional)
- colored cardstock or construction paper (optional)
- glue stick to paste haiku shape on construction paper or cardstock (optional)
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE NEEDED FOR STUDENTS
- basic rules of haiku writing
- how to count syllables
- Need a lesson for these? My Haiku Writing Library Lesson for Grades 3-6 includes five rules for writing haiku and group practice for counting syllables.
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET WITH THE THANKSGIVING HAIKU WRITING TEMPLATES:
- 14 fall and Thanksgiving shapes (2 designs per shape)
- 28 lined templates (one shape per page)
- 28 unlined templates (one shape per page)
- Google Slides version–students can type directly on the slides
THE THANKSGIVING HAIKU POETRY WRITING TEMPLATE SHAPES
4 landscape shapes (2 templates for each shape):
- pie
- haystack
- Sweater
- pumpkin
10 portrait shapes (2 templates for each shape):
- acorn
- 2 different turkeys
- 2 different leaves
- squirrel
- apple
- barn
- sunflower
- thankful hands
