Lesson Objectives

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

History of Limericks • Have you heard anything else about limericks? Even Shakespeare wrote them- Othello and King Lear 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

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 thatrhyme 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.

Limericks Limericks Limericks 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.

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 PROVE THAT PERSPIRATION,LIKE RIVERS,CAN RUN.

How to write a Limerick • 1) • 2) • 3) • 4) • 5) 7 – 10 syllables 5 – 7 syllables 7 – 10 syllables

Task 4- complete this limerick The school trip was a special occasion But 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!

Reflect! “Poetry: the best words in the best order.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Poet) (1772-1834) 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.

Lesson Objectives