Kim Baker and Jamie Turner ECED 4300-A Dr. Root Spring 2011 Grade Level: 4th grade Form: Limerick Poetry

Kim Baker Stage of Writing: Prewriting

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.

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

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

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

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?

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 Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

Published Piece There once was a young lady named bright Whose speed was much faster than light She set out one day In a relative way And returned on the previous night. - Anonymous Merriment in rhyme. (2008). Retrieved from http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_famous_limerick_examples.html.

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?

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

Jamie Turner Stage of Writing: Drafting Stage

Limerick Poetry-Drafting Stage Georgia 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.

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

Limerick Poetry-Drafting Stage What 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

Limerick Poetry-Drafting Stage Drafting 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

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 Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

Published Piece Limerick by Sue Ellen There once was an old man from Peru His poor llamas came down with the flu In the valley he passed All the people who gasped At the beast that was uttering "moo" Fern’s Poetry Club. (2011). Retrieved from http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/limerick.html.

Limerick Poetry-Drafting Stage Practice 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

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 Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

Limerick Poetry-Prewriting Stage Assessment Activity Each 4th grade student will create a Limerick using the drafting graphic organizer

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

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.