Exploring Three Haiku by George Seferis

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Topic: Greek Poetry.
Grade Level: 3rd grade of High School
Time Allotment: The lesson requires two class periods
Learning Objectives:
Students will learn to examine and distinguish haiku structures and features.
Students will learn to understand the thematic elements and visual imagery used in Seferis’s haiku poems.
Students will learn how Seferis’s work relates to its historical and cultural background.
Students will demonstrate their understanding of Seferis’s style and themes by writing personal haiku poems.

Flipped Classroom Approach:
Pre-Class Activities:
Introduction to Haiku: Students begin their learning with the video https://youtu.be/98m_SXCk-4g that describes haiku poetry through its historical development and fundamental components. The lesson explains haiku’s 5-7-5 syllable pattern while discussing the usage and how it emphasizes natural imagery.
In-Class Activities:
Haiku Analysis: I organize the students into three separate groups with each group analysing a different selected haiku. The students break into groups where each evaluates their respective haiku by examining the elements, visual descriptions and possible underlying themes. The students present their haiku analysis to the class which will lead to a discussion and exposes different viewpoints.
Connecting to Context: I urge a class discussion that links Seferis’s haiku with his personal history and the era he lived in. They examine how historical and cultural elements shaped his creative output alongside the ways his poems capture the essence of Greece’s scenery and local experience. Seferis’s work prominently explores themes of exile together with memory and the quest for identity.

Creative Writing: Students should receive a set of words and themes linked to Seferis’s poetry such as the sea and travel to inspire their writing. Students compose their own haiku by drawing inspiration from Seferis’s style and themes through the use of provided themes.

Post-Class Activities:
Research and Presentation: Students explore a particular element of George Seferis’s biography or the period during which he lived and worked. They develop a brief presentation or report to deliver their research findings to their classmates.
Haiku Expansion: Students select one of their class-created haiku poems to transform into an expanded poem where they examine both the thematic elements and imagery more thoroughly. They can also develop their original haiku into a free verse poem or a short story or create visual art that draws inspiration from their haiku.

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