Limerick
Lesson 6
Lesson 6
Today, we will be reading, studying , analyzing, and writing about limericks.
is a rhymed humorous or nonsense poem of five lines. The last words of lines one, two and five rhyme. The last words of lines three and four rhyme, so an A-A-B-B-A rhyme pattern.
by Unknown
I am a pretty little flower.
I am endowed with lots of power.
When you pick me when green,
I'll bite 'cause I'm mean,
And live to see another hour.
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by Unknown
The stork who has limbs like long pegs
Is exceedingly proud of her legs
But she does have some trouble
In bending them double
To sit on her nest full of eggs.
by Edward Lear
There was an old man from Peru,
Who dreamed he was eating his shoe.
He awoke in the night,
With a terrible fright,
To discover it was totally true.
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by Unknown
A cat with a fashionable flair,
Decided to curl her blue hair.
But she curled it in vain
For the very first rain
Soaked her hair till the curl wasn't there.
Use the Google Doc to analysis a Limerick. Remember to make a copy and save it in your writing folder.
Use your Google Doc to write a limerick. Write it in the box provided. You may use color and add a picture. You MUST include rhyme in your poem. You will keep one poem per page, so your limerick will start on page 2, and all your poems will be written on the same Google Doc that you already saved in your drive. I Recommend you first write your poem on paper and work on it. When you are happy with it, you can add it to the Doc.
When you are finished with the assignment, here is what you can do:
Just keep writing.
Keep adding seeds.
Add to a already started seed.
Decide to take a seed through the writer’s process.
Reread your writing.
Edit your writing.
Work with a writing partner (with permission).
NEVER say "I am finished"
You need to be writing for a minimum of 30 minutes.