My most creative lesson was the introduction to haikus. As the 5-7-5 structure of a haiku is generally quite easy for students (these are Sec 1 NA students) to understand, I did some syllables-identification with the students as a pre-activity, and then moved on to haiku creation.
I got the 40 students into 10 groups, and gave each of them one object which could be found in the classroom, like the windows, or the whiteboard. Each group had to create a haiku that described the object, or its function; but students could not mention the name of the object in their haikus. After they created their haikus, students were given a template to fill in, and the first person to correctly guess all 10 haikus was awarded with a prize.
Students found the activity easy and enjoyable, and I was surprised that every group managed to come up with quite creative haikus. I guess the 5-7-5 structure is not that difficult to follow, and the students really liked that it was a competition.
nice! mystery + competition
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