Quiz

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Haiku Quiz
1.     How many lines comprise (make up) a haiku poem and how many syllables are in each line? (10 pts)
first line has 5 second line has 7 and last one has 5
2.     What culture does haiku originate from? (5 pts)
Japan.

3.     Choose the best word from the list below to complete the following haiku poems: (15 pts each for correct syllables and good description)

a.     Sweet scented floating

Confetti gentle from heaven
With a rose breeze

Word list: rose, sent, floating, gentle, happily, blossom, nice, smells, outstanding  

b.     Spring buzz winter’s tide
Nature comes quickly alive
Bees, fast hope for brides

Word list: buzz, changes, fast, so, turns, quickly, buzzing, transforming, nature

4.     Write 2 haiku poems about spring. (25 points each) Use at least four of the following words in each (use 8 different words altogether in the two poems): season, bright, sunshine, daffodil, tulip, cool, puddle, umbrella, happily, skip, cloudy, lighthearted, shady, flower buds, green, fields

wake up

Season is coming

The bright sunshine is on face

It's all green outside

Rain

In a cool morning

I run happily on fields

The flower says hi

5.     Name one element that makes a haiku effective or fun to read. (5 pts)

In my opinion, a store makes a haiku fun to read, because it is more fun to tell a story by haiku than normal way.