I posted a new CLN Theme Page yesterday - this one on Haiku. Here are five links on the page that demonstrate the range of resources available.

THE SHIKI INTERNET HAIKU SALON is an example of a comprehensive, wide ranging web site on haiku. It includes an introduction to the art form (including a lesson plan), information about Masaoka Shiki (the creator of the haiku) and other significant figures, an essay on the importance of 'season' words, descriptions of various schools of haiku, a link to a contest, access to dedicated listservs, and a biweekly newsletter including lots of sample poems. It is located at http://cc.matsuyama-u.ac.jp/~shiki/

For information/lessons on how to write haiku, a good place to start is DHUGAL J. LINDSAY'S HAIKU UNIVERSE at http://www2.ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~dhugal/haikuhome.html. It contains information on how to create haiku both through articles in this web site as well as through links to other sites.

Teachers will find a number of lesson plans they can use. EXPLORING HAIKU at http://www.2learn.ca/currlinks/2teach/ETNpages/exploringhaiku.html is one that is intended for junior and senior high school students. It consists of three independent parts in which students create a definition, write haiku, and write hypertext haiku. These activities involve web exploration.

If you want to go beyond traditional haiku, there's precedent for having your students create their own genre. Have them look at SciFaiku.com at http://www.scifaiku.com/index.html and see what people have done with Science Fiction haiku. Learn more about this genre, read poems, or share yours with others at this site.

Finally, once your students have gained some skill in haiku writing, you may want to help them get their work published on the web. See the CLN Theme Page on PUBLISH YOUR CREATIVE WORK ON-LINE ( http://www.cln.org/themes/publish.html) for starting points.

The Haiku Theme Page is hosted by CLN and is suitable for English/Language Arts students in grades K-12. It is located at

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