Monday, September 26, 2016

Contest! Extravagant (small, inexpensive) Prizes and Extra Credit


  Introducing the Zombie Haiku Contest!
Time for zombie haiku.  Try writing some of your own. 
The best ones about zombies will win small but fun prizes and some extra credit! 
These are due by the end of the school day on October 26.
Enter only your own, original work.

You may email them to Ms. Dorsey with the subject line Zombie Haiku and include your  name and class period, or you may turn in a hard copy to your class top wire basket.

The pattern for haiku is 
3 lines:
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables


Here are some Zombie haiku samples, by my teacher friend, Joe Anson: 


“let’s give her a hand”—
zombie’s attempt to find a
snack for his daughter


watching The Walking
Dead reminds zombies of old
fam’ly videos


the hunger games are
undeniably zombie’s
favorite pastime

The pattern for haiku is 
3 lines:
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables

And here are some more examples --

zombie haiku are                  
highly addictive ‘cuz they        
get into your blood                 

beware, seventh grade!           
Dorsey and other teachers     
get into your brains               
                             

writing zombie 'ku
count syllables carefully
grades and brains at stake
 --- Ms. D.