Practice Exercise 18 A, B
Haikus
- Use the reading process to guide you in your reading the following
haiku.
- Skim the title and poem quickly.
- Predict what the poem is about.
- Think of questions to answer while you read.
- Read the poem twice aloud without stopping.
- Read the poem again carefully.
- Answer the questions.
An unhappy boy
held out his black little hand
until it whitened.
Claude MacKay
- Answer the questions.
- Describe the tone or feeling of the poem.
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- What does the poem mean to you?
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