SLJ Step It Up: Poetry Slam Toru

Today, I did a task in which I wrote a Tanka poem on something that reminds me of summer..

First, I I watched this video to get some more information about tankas.

Second, I read more about tankas on this site so that I get an idea of what I am about to do. 

Third, I thought about what comes in my mind when I think about summer.

I chose ice creams because it is my favourite desert and it is very refreshing to eat in summer.

Next, I created a google drawing and added an image of ice creams as my background.

Then, I wrote my tanka and made a screencastify while recording myself reading my poem.

Lastly, I embeded my screencastify on my blog post and made sure to change the permission settings to anyone with link. 

I learnt that that tanka is another ancient Japanese form of poetry but these poems have five lines. These lines contain 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 syllables. It is a little bit like haiku but with two extra long lines.

An interesting fact is that Tanka means a “short song” and has been an important literary form in Japanese culture for nearly a thousand years. .

I liked doing this Summer Learning Journey task because I got to learn the difference between a haiku and a tanka poem.