LIMERICKS –5th Grade
Whitney FarmerKaty RobersonECED 4300- CSpring2010
GPS: ELA5W1 The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure. The student:
Whitney: Prewriting
a. Selects a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based on purpose, genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements.
Prewriting Continued…
PLO◦Students will brainstorm ideas, and complete a limerick graphic organizer, as a class and independently.
Prewriting Continued…
5 line poemThe last words of the first, second, and
fifth lines must rhyme.AA, BB, A format Meant to be humorousThe last line of a good limerick contains
the punch line.Stage: Prewriting- 1st stage of the writing
process
Form of Poetry: Limericks
1st stage of the Writing ProcessStage to plan your writing Instructions:
◦Choose a topic◦Choose form of writing (Limerick)◦Choose your audience◦Choose your purpose for writing◦Complete a graphic organizer.
Graphic organizers help organizer your information and help create new organized ideas.
Prewriting Continued…
Prewriting-Graphic Organizer There once was a animal named (Insert name)
◦Focus on Subject and name it That/Who
◦What did the subject do? Is it he/she
◦The Cause? Then
◦The effect Now
◦End result
Graphic Organizer Reference:
Behland, K. and Lyles, D. (2009). Graphic Organizer. Unpublished graphic organizer, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.
Published Limerick: There once was a cat named Billy
Who often became quite silly. When he played with catnip He jumped and he flipped
Like he was caught in a dilly.
APA Citation for Published Limerick: Reeg,C. (2007). Limerick Fun for Kids. Retrieved on April 6, 2010. Retrieved from
http://www.cyncynthiareeg.com/kids/limericks.html
As a class we will brainstorm for ideas and words for our limerick.
We will complete a Graphic Organizer as a class.
Prewriting Practice Activity:
The students’ will be assessed on their ability to complete a graphic organizer individually.
Prewriting Assessment Activity:
GPS: ELA5W1 The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure. The student: ◦b. Writes texts of a length appropriate to address
the topic or tell the story.
Katy -Drafting
PLO:◦Students will begin writing their own limericks using their graphic organizers.
Drafting Continued…
5 line poemThe last words of the first, second, and
fifth lines must rhyme.AA, BB, A format Meant to be humorousThe last line of a good limerick contains
the punch line.Stage: Drafting- 2nd stage of the writing
process
Form of Poetry: Limericks
Drafting = Putting your ideas on paper Steps:
1. Form ideas from the graphic organizer into complete sentences.
2. Label this copy of limerick as draft.3. Skip every other line when writing the limerick. (To
help you remember to skip lines put an “x” on every other line.)
4. The point is to focus more on content instead of grammar, sentence structure, or spelling.
Drafting Continued…
Teacher will model how to write a limerick for the students using four easy steps, and the class graphic organizer from the prewriting stage.
Drafting Practice Activity
1. Choose an animal name, boy or girl, from the graphic organizer, and fill in the blank for the first line.
◦ There once was an animal named (insert name) Example: There once was an animal named
Dudley,2. Then you think of something the subject would do,
and start the sentence with that or who. (The last word must rhyme with the last word of the first line.)
Example: Who was very cute and cuddly.
Practice Activity Continued…
3. Next you decide if the animal is a boy/girl, think of a cause, and then effect for the third and fourth lines.
• Remember the rhyme scheme: AA,BB,A (so the rhyme changes on the third/fourth lines)
Example: he wasn’t house trained, and some tempers were strained, 4. The last line is the end result of your limerick, and the
last word rhymes with the last words of the first and second lines. Example: His fail was the that he was way too puddly.
Practice Activity Continued…
There was a Young Lady whose eyes,Were unique as to color and size;
When she opened them wide,People all turned aside,
And started away in surprise.
Published Limerick:
APA Citation for Published Limerick: Lear, E. (1861). A Book of Nonsense. Retrieved on April 5, 2010.
Retrieved from http://www.poetry-online.org/limericks.htm
Students will write their own limerick using their graphic organizer from the prewriting process, and the steps the teacher modeled during the practice activity.
Drafting Assessment Activity
GPS:ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student: ◦b. Revises manuscripts to improve the meaning
and focus of writing by adding, deleting, consolidating, clarifying, and rearranging words and sentences.
Whitney: Revising
PLO: The students will revise their rough draft created during the drafting stage.
Whitney: Revising
5 line poemThe last words of the first, second, and
fifth lines must rhyme.AA, BB, A format Meant to be humorousThe last line of a good limerick contains
the punch line.Stage: Revising- 3rd stage of the writing
process
Form of Poetry: Limericks
Revising: “Seeing again”Process of improving your writing by:◦Adding◦Rearranging◦Removing ◦Replacing
Poetic Limerick: Revising
Let’s work together!Get in groups of twoRead each other’s draft and offer
suggestions for changes and improvements.
5 linesCheck for AABBA rhyming patterns
Revising Practice Activity
Now try it on your own!Revise the your draft limerick on your
ownRemember the suggestions you
received in groups
Revising Assessment Activity
GPS: ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student: ◦c. Edits to correct errors in spelling,
punctuation, etc.
Whitney: Editing
PLO: The students will edit their revised drafts using proper punctuation, spelling, and grammar and usage.
Editing Continued…
5 line poemThe last words of the first, second, and
fifth lines must rhyme.AA, BB, A format Meant to be humorousThe last line of a good limerick contains
the punch line.Stage: Editing- 4th stage of the writing
process
Form of Poetry: Limericks
Editing is checking your:◦Grammar◦Spelling◦Punctuation◦Capitalization◦Sentence structure◦Subject/verb agreement
Limerick Editing Continued…
Time for groups again!In groups work with a partner and
give suggestions and proofread their paper.
Do not write on your partners paper, have them write the corrections.
Practice Activity: Editing
Your turn!Edit your revised draft based on the
corrections you made with your partner.
Once you are finished editing, you will have your published piece!
Assessment Activity: Editing
GPS: ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student: ◦a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully. ◦b. Revises manuscripts to improve the meaning and
focus of writing by adding, deleting, consolidating, clarifying, and rearranging words and sentences.
◦c. Edits to correct errors in spelling, punctuation, etc.
Katy- Publishing
PLO: Students will rewrite their limericks with corrections made during the revising/editing stages to make a final copy.
Publishing Continued….
5 line poemThe last words of the first, second, and
fifth lines must rhyme.AA, BB, A format Meant to be humorousThe last line of a good limerick contains
the punch line.Stage: Publishing- final stage of the writing
process
Form of Poetry: Limericks
Final stage of the writing processStudents use their edited pieces to write
a final copy of the limerick.Neat handwriting is used
Publishing Continued…
Students will write a final draft of their limericks.
Students will use the changes made to their draft to write the final copy.
Published Assessment Activity
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