Reading Response #4: Summary Haiku
Instead of the typical assignment format, for the final installment of our reading responses you may write three haiku that summarize three texts we have read in the second half of the semester . This will be challenging because it requires that you understand a central idea presented in the text and are able to convey it in a very terse poetic form. Your haiku may follow the form of three lines of 5-7-5 syllables, but do not be rigid with your syllable count. The most important aspect of this assignment is that you express a central idea of the text briefly and insightfully.
In addition to your three haiku, I ask that you compose a brief explanation of why you think your haiku accurately summarize the text you have chosen.