Lesson Objectives

At the end of this session we will have written a limerick.

History of Limericks

Have you heard anything else about limericks?

Limericks named

after Irish town (with

a pub in which

limericks were told!)

Because silly

and

memorable,

repeated by

beggars and

working

classes in pubs

Even Shakespeare wrote them- Othello and King Lear

Limerick Rules-

Silly-but doesn’t always have to be 5 lines Lines 1, 2 and 5: 10 syllables Lines 3 and 4: 5 -7 syllables Lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme

Examples: what’s the structure / pattern?

There was an Old Man with a beard,

Who said, 'It is just as I feared!Two Owls and a Hen,

Four Larks and a Wren,Have all built their nests in my

beard!

Looking at syllables in limericks

To get you started, write your first limerick simply by fitting syllables(beats) into the brackets. Use a bracket for each syllable –

  tree,

Who was horribly bored by a Bee;When they said, 'Does it buzz?'He replied, 'Yes, it does!''It's a regular brute of a Bee!'

    There was an Old Man in a { } Who { } { } { } { } { } { } { } {

} When { they } { said } { does } it } buzz ? } { He } { re } { plied } { } { } { } { Its } { a } { reg } { } { } { } { } {

}{ }

Use an example given to work out the ingredients of limericks.

1. How many lines are there? ______ 2. How many beats are there in each line?

Line A: _____ beatsLine B: _____ beatsLine C: _____ beats

Line D: _____ beats Line E: _____ beats 3. Which lines rhyme with which?

Lines ____, ____ and ____ rhyme. Lines ____ and ____ rhyme.

4. What subjects do limericks usually seem to be about?

For each of these limericks make a list of the words that rhyme with each other.

In a castle that had a deep moat Lived a chicken a duck and a goat. They wanted to go out And wander about But they desperately needed a boat.   There once was a bear at the zoo Who always had something to do When it bored him, you know, to go to and fro, he reversed it and went fro and to.

Rhyme Pattern of Limericks

Rhyme Pattern or Scheme The rhyme scheme or rhyme

pattern is AABBA. A mosquito was heard to complain,

'A chemist has poisoned my brain!’The cause of his sorrowwas paradichloro-triphenyldichloroethane.

LimericksLimericks consist of five lines.

Lines 1, 2, and 5 of Limericks have 7-10 syllables and rhyme with one another.

Lines 3 and 4 of Limericks have 5-7 syllables and also rhyme with each

other.

Limericks

WHEN I GO FOR A WALK IN THE SUN,I CAN ASSURE YOU IT'S NOT ALWAYS FUN.AS THE FASTER I MOVE,IT IS EASY TO PROVETHAT PERSPIRATION,LIKE RIVERS,CAN RUN.

How to write a Limerick

1)2)3)4)5)

7 – 10 syllables

5 – 7 syllables7 – 10 syllables

Task 4- complete this limerick

The school trip was a special occasionBut we never reached our destination

Sometimes Google can help you find a rhyming word : write in search line “words that rhyme with destination”

For your ID point, consider your subject and themes

For example: words that rhyme with poverty

property properly fatherly somberly novelty robbery, slobbery, snobbery doddery, tottery, lottery foppery oddity, commodity

Task 1: Complete these limericks by using the list of words below.

A film actor dining in Kew Found a very large bug in his _____. Said the waiter, "Don't shout And wave it ______, Or the rest will be wanting one ___."   There once was a boy named Joe Who dropped a big brick on his ___ He asked, with a frown, "Will the swelling go _____?" And the doctor said, "Yes. I think___."

List of words: down, so, stew, about, toe, too.  

Task 2-Unscramble each of these two limericks and write down their lines in the correct order.

To scare off the critter Then a happy thought hit her She sat up in bed and just meowed Who was frightened and screamed very loud A mouse in her room woke Miss Doud   he awoke with a fright, Who dreamed of eating his shoe, and found that his dream had come true! in the middle of the night, There one was a man from Peru,  

Using non standard English to make a point that this person is isolated

‘Dis poetry is not Party Political, Not designed fe dose who are critical.’

Often used as a technique to say challenging or radical things or to emphasise that they are not part of the ‘wealthy world we know’.

Write!

Let’s try writing a limerick!

Share!

Let’s share some of our limericks!

“Poetry: the best words in the best order.”

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Poet)

(1772-1834)

Reflect!

To what extent do you find this statement to be true/false?

Reflection in Learning Journal

I’ve used most of the skills learnt.

I’ve tried to use some of the skills learnt.

I’m not using the skills learnt as well as I could be.