English: Tuesday, February 12, Handouts: * Limerick Poetry 2.Homework: * Write a limerick and include your rough draft Rough draft should reflect corrections and effort Due tomorrow (Tuesday), beginning of class * Save your haiku and limerick to your flash drive Then save your haiku and limerick to our “S” drive Save them as Word documents 3.Assignments due: * None

Lesson Goal: Students will learn how to write Haiku poetry. Outcomes: Be able to... 1.Learn the distinctive features of limerick poetry. 2.Analyze published limericks. 3.Begin writing limericks during class. 4.Edit and proof your limerick poetry. 5.Analyze your limerick to determine whether it meets the prescribed format for limericks. 6.Exchange limerick rough drafts for peer reviews. 7.Present your limerick to the class (tomorrow, Wednesday). 8.Eventually publish your limerick in our class’s online magazine.

Starter #1 How many of you have ever read limerick poetry? If you have, can you explain to the rest of the class what a limerick is? A limerick is a humorous five-line poem that always follows this pattern: * Three long lines that rhyme (lines 1, 2, and 5) * Two short lines that rhyme (lines 3 and 4) * It also follows a strict pattern of beats.

Starter #2 How do you write a limerick? Here’s the formula.... Beats Pattern Rhyme Scheme Line 1: da DUM da da DUM da da DUM (3 DUMS) A Line 2: da DUM da da DUM da da DUM (3 DUMS) A Line 3: da DUM da da DUM (2 DUMS) B Line 4: da DUM da da DUM (2 DUMS) B Line 5: da DUM da da DUM da da DUM (3 DUMS) A

Starter #3 Here are some examples of limericks.... There once was a fellow named Tim Whose dad never taught him to swim. He fell off a dock And sunk like a rock And that was the end of him. There was an old man from Peru who dreamed he was eating his shoe. He awoke in the night with a terrible fright And found out that it was quite true.

Starter #4 Now it’s your turn. Your poem will be graded on the following: Correct number of lines Five Correct rhyme scheme AABBA Correct beat pattern Da DUM, da da DUM, da da DUM (1,2,5) Da DUM, da da DUM (3,4) Correct spellings Correct punctuation when needed Correct tone... A tone that’s humorous! Did you include a rough draft that reveals your... Editing and effort