Limericks - The form

1. Limericks - The form Limericks have rhythm and Rhyme Limericks consist of five lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have 7 -10 syllables and rhyme Lines 3 and 4 have 5-7 syllables and also rhyme

2. Limericks • There once was a man from Beijing . • All his life he hoped to be ___________. • So he put on a crown, • Which quickly fell __________. • That small silly man from _________ . • There once was a man from Beijing . • All his life he hoped to be King. • So he put on a crown, • Which quickly fell down. • That small silly man from Beijing.

3. A Man from Bejing • There once/ was a man/ from Beijing. • All his life/ he hoped/ to be King • So he put/ on a crown/, • Which quickly/ fell down./ • That small/ silly man/ from Beijing

4. A Man from Peru • There once was a man from Peru. • He dreamed he was eating his _____ • He woke with a fright • in the middle of the ___________ • to find that his dream had come ___________ • There once was a man from Peru. • He dreamed he was eating his shoe. • He woke with a fright • in the middle of the night • to find that his dream had come true

5. A girl named Lynn • There once was a girl named Lynn • Whose form was uncommonly ______ • She once by __________ • Was mixed in a cake • So they baked that young girl named _________ • There once was a girl named Lynn • Whose form was uncommonly thin • She once by mistake • Was mixed in a cake • So they baked that young girl named Lynn

6. Old man in a ______ • There was an Old Man in a _________ • Who was horribly bored by a Bee; • When they said, 'Does it _______? • He replied, 'Yes, it does! • 'It's a regular brute of a Bee!' • There was an Old Man in a 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!'

7. Fly on the wall • There once was a fly on the wall • I wonder why it didn't _________ • because it's feet _________ • or was it just luck • or does gravity miss things so ___ • There once was a fly on the wall • I wonder why it didn't fall • because it's feet stuck • or was it just luck • or does gravity miss things so small

8. Mr Tuttle’s Limerick A Teacher from Maine • I once knew a teacher from Maine • Who loved the Patriot’s reign • But when they were tossed • And to the Giants they lost • He became almost completely insane

9. Now it’s your turn • Write your own Limerick. • Limericks have rhythm and Rhyme • Limericks consist of five lines. • Lines 1, 2, and 5 have 7 -10 syllables and rhyme • Lines 3 and 4 have 5-7 syllables and also rhyme

10. Template - A: • 1) There once was a ______________ from __________________. 2) All the while s/he hoped __________________ ______________________________________. 3) So s/he _______________________________. 4) And _________________________________. 5) That ___________________ from ___________________.

11. Template B • 1) I once met a _________________ from ___________________. 2) who every day would ___________ _______________________________________. _______________________________________. 3) But whenever s/he ______________________. 4) The _________________________________. 5) That strange ___________________ from ___________________.