Students will develop an understanding of Basho, the man and the poet, as a prominent figure in Japanese literature. Students will experience Japanese poetry through haiku. Standard 1. Students know ...

Pictures of Yamadera (attached powerpoint), Waraji grass sandals (if available), additional Basho haiku poems (optional), chart paper, chart paper markers, haiku poems on page 3 and 5 written out ...

In a hokku composed in 1666, Basho recounted the Chinese legend ... (2015); “Canada Project Collected Essays & Poems” Vols. 1-8 (2013); and “Haiku in English as a Japanese Language ...