Of MIce and Men Haikus

For my new blog post I created a series of haikus that describe the main points of the book Of Mice and Men.  Of Mice and Men is a book by John Steinbeck that we have been reading in Unit 2.  Haiku are Japanese short poems that have 3 lines and that follow a 5 syllable, 7 syllable, and 5 syllable pattern.

The standards that I followed in this post are:

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Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.

I used sensory language in my poems.

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By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

By retelling the main points in Of Mice and Men in my poems, I show that I comprehend the story.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

I used the haikus as an effective technique to show well structured event sequences from Of Mice and Men.

Lennie and George work

Together on the big ranch

Curley is their boss

Candy is their friend

They talk about buying a

Ranch all together

Lennie gets a pup

He pets it all day and night

He loves it so much

They almost have all

The money to buy their ranch

Curley gets angry

 Curley fights Lennie

Lennie breaks Curley’s right hand

Lennie meets Crooks now

Lennie did not mean

To kill his puppy, now he

Worries George is mad

Curley’s wife talks to

Lennie about the dead pup

Lennie pets her hair

Lennie can’t let go

He accidentally kills

Her and then he flees

People chase Lennie

George finds Lennie in the woods

George tells Lennie to

Imagine their ranch

Then George pulls out his own gun

And puts Lennie down

George tried to protect

Lennie from Curley’s revenge

George is a good friend