Marvellous moon haikus

We have been learning about writing haikus.
Did you know that haikus are a traditional form or japanese poetry? Haikus also have some rules. A haiku is written on 3 lines: the first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables again.
Haikus are usually about one idea or feeling, and lots of haikus are written about parts of nature.

Since we have been learning about space this term we have written some haikus about the moon. We started by narrowing down our idea and writing one or two sentences about it. Then we put those sentences onto 3 lines. Lastly, we added, deleted, or changed the words in the lines so that the syllables followed the 5, 7, 5 pattern. This is what we came up with:

The full moon is bright,
It shines on every dark thing
It shines brightly too.
Kyan

Moon glows in the dark,
The moon is like a big lamp
to show us the way.
Azim

We can't see new moons
It is on the other side
of the world right now.
Sarah B

The moon shines on Earth
and it protects us and you
can see the full moon.
Skye

The moon can have shapes
You can see shapes like a hand
Shapes are in the moon.
Kayla

The moon shines on me
it glows and it is gorgeous
The full moon gleams down.
Tayla

In the sky it shines
like a floating bubble at
night, fly big bubble.
Isis

Moon looks like a face
Then it is gone for awhile
Then comes back with us.
Adrian

The full moon means it
doesn't grow and it wont stay
like that all the time.
Jena

The moon has a face
it is very happy, smiles.
It's humongous, huge.
Devin

Moons sometimes have shapes,
handprints can be on the moon.
The full moon is grey.
Acacia

The moon is so big
The moon has pictures in it
It always smiles bright.
Sarah S

It is beautiful
It is shiny in the sky
to show us the way
Shakaia

It looks like a 'D'
It looks like a banana
Looks like a circle.
Elijah

The moon can sometimes
look like there is a man there.
The moon is giant.
Nathan

The moon is quite small
The moon is quite beautiful
The moon is quite grey.
Alina

Moon shines brightly, cool
at night. It looks beautiful,
sometimes looks creepy.
Davi

It glows bright at night
It is beautiful and bright
it is bright and white.
Sharnae