Kim Baker and Jamie Turner ECED 4300-A Dr. Root Spring 2011

1. Kim Baker and Jamie TurnerECED 4300-ADr. RootSpring 2011 Grade Level: 4th grade Form: Limerick Poetry

2. Kim BakerStage of Writing: Prewriting

3. 4th Grade GPS • ELA4W1 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 • a. Selects a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based on purpose, genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements.

4. Primary Learning Outcome A. Students will plan their limerick prewriting poetry by choosing a topic, audience, and purpose.

5. Limerick Poetry • Purpose of limerick poetry is comedy • Has specific rhyming pattern • 1st,2nd, and 5th lines rhyme • 3rd and 4th lines rhyme • AABBA pattern

6. Limerick Poetry • Has specific syllable pattern for each line • 1st,2nd, and 5th lines have 8-9 syllables • Each line must have the same amount of syllables • 3rd and 4th lines have 5-6 syllables • Each line must have the same amount of syllables

7. Limerick Poetry- Prewriting Stage • Helps plan your writing • Will focus on • Topic: What are you writing about? • Audience: Who are you writing to with your limerick poem? • Purpose: Why are you writing your poem?

8. Prewriting Graphic Organizer Baker, K. 2011. Limerick Poetry Prewriting Graphic Organizer. Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

9. Published Piece There once was a young lady named brightWhose speed was much faster than lightShe set out one dayIn a relative wayAnd returned on the previous night.- Anonymous Merriment in rhyme. (2008). Retrieved from http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_famous_limerick_examples.html.

10. Practice Activity for Prewriting • 4th grade whole group practice activity • Brainstorm topic ideas • What words go with the topic that we can rhyme? • How would our topic affect our audience? • What is the purpose of our writing? • How do we relate our topic to the purpose?

11. Assessment Activity for Prewriting • 4th grade individual assessment activity for prewriting • Students will plan their limerick poetry using a graphic organizer. • Focuses on: • Topic • Listing rhyming words that relate to topic • Audience • Purpose

12. Jamie TurnerStage of Writing: Drafting Stage

13. Limerick Poetry-Drafting StageGeorgia Performance Standard • ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.

14. Limerick Poetry-Drafting StagePrimary Learning Outcome • Students will construct a draft for a limerick poem using information from the graphic organizer used in the prewriting stage.

15. Limerick Poetry-Drafting StageWhat is Limerick Poetry? • Five line poem made up of one couplet and one triplet • Rhyme Pattern: a a b b a • Lines 1, 2, and 5 have the same number of beats and rhyme • Lines 3 and 4 have the same number of beats and rhyme • Meant to be funny-last line should contain a punch line

16. Limerick Poetry-Drafting StageDrafting • Use information from prewriting to create sentences • Label “rough draft” • Mark “X” on every other line to skip when writing • Develop sentences from prewriting graphic organizer • Focus on content instead of grammar and spelling

17. Limerick Poetry-Drafting StageGraphic Organizer Turner, J. 2011. Limerick Poetry Drafting Graphic Organizer. Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

18. Published Piece Limerick by Sue Ellen There once was an old man from PeruHis poor llamas came down with the fluIn the valley he passedAll the people who gaspedAt the beast that was uttering "moo" Fern’s Poetry Club. (2011). Retrieved from http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/limerick.html.

19. Limerick Poetry-Drafting StagePractice Activity • 4th grade students will assist the teacher in creating a Limerick draft • Use information (rhyming words) from prewriting graphic organizer to use in drafting graphic organizer

20. Limerick Poetry-Drafting StagePractice Activity Turner, J. 2011. Limerick Poetry Drafting Graphic Organizer. Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

21. Limerick Poetry-Prewriting StageAssessment Activity • Each 4th grade student will create a Limerick using the drafting graphic organizer

22. Sources • Limerick poetry. (1998). Retrieved from http://www.dltk-holidays.com/patrick/m-limerick.htm. • Merriment in rhyme. (2008). Retrieved from http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_famous_limerick_examples.html. • Baker, K. 2011. Limerick Poetry Prewriting Graphic Organizer. Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

23. Sources • Fern’s Poetry Club. (2011). Retrieved from http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/limerick.html. • Turner, J. 2011. Limerick Poetry Drafting Graphic Organizer. Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.