Friday, September 21, 2012

Poet "tree"

          This week we delved into an autumn project and combined that with an art lesson and the history of haikus.
Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image. Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed this technique in 1886, which was inspired by the impressionism era.
The haiku originates from Japan and is always nature inspired.  Haikus consist of three unrhyming lines.  The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the last line concludes with 5 syllables.
Each student painted an autumn tree using the pointillism method (with q-tips) and wrote an autumn haiku.
         

Check our some of the pointillism artwork...

                                     (above) Lily
                                     (below) Jacob


Here are the fabulous haikus our 2nd grade wrote:

fall is wonderful
leaves are falling forever
we are having fun
…Walt…

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Leaves fall to the ground
Off the treetops in the air
As they make no sound
…Kailey Grace…

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leaves turn red, orange, yellow
birds fly south for the winter
leaves fall from the trees
…Devon…

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the wind is blowing
the leaves are changing color
apples on the tree
…Lily…

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fall is really cold
the leaves fall down in the fall
in fall the leaves change
…Jacob…

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Wind blows in the sky
Ripe apples on every tree
The leaves are falling
…Owen…


squirrels and mice store food
chipmunks, rats, bears, skunks sleep in
pumpkins are ripe too
…Michael…

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