Haiku-licious

smoothmoniker · 12-03-2007, 11:09 PM

On my midterm, I leave the back page of the exam blank. It's intended to be used as scratch paper, for students to work out the more difficult problems. But, every semester, I put the following in the center of that page:

You may use this space
To organize complex thoughts
Or for a haiku

About 1/8 of the students take the time to write an actual haiku in the space - most are silly, some are very clever, and a few are really beautiful. I've noticed over the past few years that the students who take time to write a haiku score about 10% better on the exam than those who don't.

Take time for poetry, and other creative activities. It does good things to your mind!

12-03-2007, 11:09 PM	#1
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	Haiku-licious On my midterm, I leave the back page of the exam blank. It's intended to be used as scratch paper, for students to work out the more difficult problems. But, every semester, I put the following in the center of that page: You may use this space To organize complex thoughts Or for a haiku About 1/8 of the students take the time to write an actual haiku in the space - most are silly, some are very clever, and a few are really beautiful. I've noticed over the past few years that the students who take time to write a haiku score about 10% better on the exam than those who don't. Take time for poetry, and other creative activities. It does good things to your mind! __________________ to live and die in LA

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