Harry Potter and haiku

[Т А Кузнецова]

Harry Potter and haiku: what do they have in common?

A new film “Harry Potter and Half-Blood prince” about a well-known wizard has just released and I think it could be interesting to incorporate some activities connected with it into lessons.

I’ve tried to combine the art of Japanese poetry and the content of the stories about Harry.

All children know the content of the books better than teachers but there is a chance to kill two birds with one stone: to use material that is interesting to the students and to introduce poetry through haiku.

What is “haiku”?

Haiku is a very old form of poetry. It consists of 3 unrhymed lines. The first and the last line have 5 syllables and the middle has 7.

I hope you're pleased with

yourselves. We could all have been

killed—or worse, expelled.

—Hermione Granger I can teach you how

to bottle fame, brew glory

even stopper death

—Professor Snape

Flint with the Quaffle—

passes Spinnet— passes Bell—

hit hard in the face

—Lee Jordan, at Quidditch how many times will

we be able to witness

a dragon hatching?

—Ron Weasley

I can't see you. Are

you ghoulie or ghostie or

wee student beastie?

—Peeves the Ghost Hagrid, we saved the

Stone, it's gone, he can't use it.

Have a Choc'late Frog

—Harry Potter

 

The site is: http://factmonster.com/spot/haikuharry.html

It has links to poetry and Harry Potter – a lot to explore.

[Fortuna]

J. K. Rowling & Harry Potter

Lesson plans and activities

 

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/rowling.html