Dr. Brooks began teaching haiku at Millikin University as a unit within the Freshman Composition course in 1990.

The haiku unit was part of a unit on expressive writing, with students learning to write from direct perceptions, yet conveying personal emotions.

Expressive Aim Writing Unit 2 (haiku poetry) assignments:

• (five descriptive paragraphs using concrete, sensory images)
• (ten haiku attempts--bring three copies for exchange)
• (peer response notes)
• (haiku series or walk journal)
• (revisions due for class reading)
• concluded with chapbook anthology