HAIKUS
A haiku is a form of poetry (originating from Japan) that is made up of 17 syllables. Syllables are the number of breaks in a word. For example, Miss Pauley is THREE syllables. Traditionally, the form for a haiku goes like this:
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables
Running down the hall,
a fourth grader blindly bumped
into Mister Bartz.
ADVICE FROM JOHNATHAN RAND
“If you want to be an author, don’t be a writer. Be a rewriter.”
“The cover of a book is a door.”
“Reading is not what you do. It’ a place that you go.”