3º CHALLENGES OF WEEK 8 (May 4 - 8) Solutions.

Hello children!

Were the challenges of the week difficult to answer?

It is time to check the answers!

WEEK 8 (ANSWERS)

May, 4 - 8

1. What is a haiku?  (hi-coo)

It is a poem, originally from Japan, composed of 3 lines.

It is usually about nature and it has no rhyme. 

The first line has FIVE syllables, the second line has SEVEN syllables and the third line has FIVE syllables.

Here is an example:

                        I see the old trees.....

                        Wide trunks with knots, branches, shade,

                        A place of calm peace. 

  

2. Five hundred years ago, in the USA and Canada there were   

     more than 300 native languages, 2/3 of which are still in use .

     Name three places in USA or Canada that use a native

     language word.    (There are MANY possibilities.)

     Some answers:

                        Chicago              

                        Mississippi         

                        Massachusetts   

                        Ottowa                                             

                        Penobscot           

                        Piscataqua          

                        Minnesota