TOKYO 2020 HAIKU CHALLENGE Quick Tips Haiku Haiku

TOKYO 2020 HAIKU CHALLENGE Quick Tips Haiku | 俳句 | Haiku

Read and think What is a haiku? 俳句 • A haiku is a form of poetry • It is Japanese • Began in 17 th century but not called haiku until 19 th century • A haiku has 3 lines o First line has 5 syllables o Second line has 7 syllables o Third line has 5 syllables • It has 17 syllables in total Task: Can you think of four more words with different numbers of syllables? Try to think of words related to sport! Syllables are the ‘beats’ of spoken language Pa-ra-lym-pic = 4 Bri-tain = 2 Ja-pa-nese = 3 Sport = 1

The Haiku Challenge

Read and think Tokyo 2020 Haiku Challenge Your challenge is to write a haiku to celebrate Tokyo 2020* Olympic and Paralympic Games. Your poem should: • be in the haiku form – 5 -7 -5 • celebrate Tokyo 2020, Team GB and Paralympics. GB, the Games and/or the Olympic and Paralympic Values when ! O G IN B t u 8. Sho finished. s a h m a e t r you *The Games will now be held in 2021, but they will still be known as the Tokyo 2020! When? Submit by 28 May 2021

Task 1. What will your haiku explore? Choose one of these Tokyo 2020 themes for your haiku. B Olymp Paralym ic and pic Gam e s Tokyo – the host city A C B and G m a e T pics. GB m y l a r Pa D and Olympic alues pic V Paralym

Task Confetti Modern 2. What words will you use? Create Tokyo 2020 graffiti. Teeming 1. Find a large piece of paper. 2. Draw or write your theme in the middle of the paper (e. g. Tokyo – the host city). Glitterin Write and draw as many words linked to your theme as you can. Buzzing 3. 4. 5. There are no wrong answers: write as many ideas as you can – get creative! t Efficien pers Skyscra Busy Squeezed Glass g Bright Snowy Bustling Blosso m Safe Clean eople P Ask another member of your household to add to your graffiti. Give them one minute to add as many words/pictures as possible. Rumbli ng e Welcom

Task 2. What words will you use? Use the words on this slide to help you build your Tokyo 2020 graffiti and inspire your haiku! Tokyo 2020 graffiti examples. Tokyo Games Values GB athletes Blossom Mountain Celebrate Medals Courage Connected Bronze Pride Bright People Ceremony Nations Determination Hope Dreams Busy Polite Cheering Powerful Excellence Peace Glory Red, white & blue Clean Safe Culture Spectators Equality United Gold Crowded Shiny Emotion Sports Friendship Fair play Joyful Fast Snowy Exciting Stadium Inspiration Olympian Friendly Sunny Flame Torch Respect Money Volcano Mascot Welcome A better world through sport Paralympian Personal best Silver Sweat Team Tears Triumph Union

Task I name this mascot… 3. Start writing – pick your moments Imagine you were there… …. in Tokyo …at the Ga mes …as a GB athlete …showing the Values • What do you sense – see, hear, touch, taste, smell – and feel? • Write some short phrases – almost sentences – to say what you ‘remember’ e. g. the crowd is clapping. • Then write some fragments – very short lines of 4 words or fewer e. g. inspiration and courage • Get rid of any unnecessary words; focus on the images. • Now use the phrases and fragments to make your Haiku.

Task 4. Write your haiku 俳句 Remember… • the form: 3 lines (5 -7 -5) • theme: Tokyo 2020 • to imagine: use similes and metaphors • to feel: use all of your senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell) • to risk: try something new! • to read it aloud: how does it sound? • to keep refining: practice makes perfect. iku! G your ha m r o f r e p o t et set

Task 5. Finalise your haiku Use the haiku 俳句 checklist Before you submit your poem, use this checklist. My haiku is written on the entry sheet. It is my own work – I have not copied it from a book or someone else. My haiku is about Tokyo 2020 (the host city, the Games, the Values OR Team GB and Paralympics. GB). My spellings are correct. It follows the haiku form: 3 lines with 5 -7 -5 syllables. I have filled in all the boxes on the entry sheet for my name, age and school/address details. My handwriting or presentation is neat.

Read – 句 俳 u ik a h r u o 6. Submit y before 28 May 2021 d Team GB or You could win signe alised poster and a n o rs e p a t, ki B s. G ic Paralymp Get Set writing set! Determin ation – Having th e courage to act Wins me self-respe ct ATTE! B N A G | て っ ば ん GOOD LUCK! | が