Investigate, Inquire, and Imagine, page 751

Recall

1a. What does the speaker ask of the "God of this mountain"?

2a. What simple actions in the second haiku show a deep connection between two people?

3a. What thought does the speaker have on viewing a pine tree?

Analyze

4a. What is the sentiment basho is expressing in the first haiku?
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Evaluate

5a. In the poems that basho wrote, he tried to express the theme of harmony that can be achieved between humans and nature. Do you think Bash–o achieves this?
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Interpret

1b. In what sense might blossoms be described as "dawning"?

2b. What similarity exists between the speaker and his friend and the antlers of a stag?

3b. What does the speaker's reflection on the pine tree say about the type of person he is?

Synthesize

4b. Reread the selections from Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage on page 724. Given what Byron has to say in those selections, would he understand the sentiment expressed in the first haiku by basho? Explain.
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Extend

5b. Have you ever felt in harmony with nature? How have your experiences with nature been similar to or different from Bash–o's experiences?

Understanding Literature, page 751

Haiku. In the greatest of haiku, like those of basho, observation of some simple phenomenon in nature suggests a deeper meaning. The overall effect is of sudden revelation, or a deep truth emerging from a fleeting experience and compressed into a few words. What sudden revelations or truths emerge from the haiku of basho?
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Sensory Details. What images presented in these selections bring both humans and nature together?

Writer's Journal, page 752

1. Write a haiku about nature and its relationship with humans.

2. Write a journal entry about a time you communed with nature or encountered nature in an extraordinary way. What happened? What did you learn about nature during that experience? What did you learn about yourself?

3. Create a title for each haiku on page 750 based on the content of the poem.

Integrating the Language Arts, page 752

Language, Grammar, and Style

Identifying Direct and Indirect Objects. Identify the underlined nouns as direct or indirect objects.

1. Matsuo basho took a pen name.
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2. He gave his lord his loyalty until his lord died.

3. basho wrote haiku and renga poems.
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4. In 1666 basho abandoned his samurai status to devote himself to poetry.
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5. He tried to show his readers the interdependence of all things.

Applied English

Travelogue. Write a travelogue chronicling a trip you have taken or a trip you would like to take to a nature area. Make sure to include sensory details that you experience along the way.