 Find your folder from the side table.  Have something to write with and be ready to go.  (Happy Fridays!)

 A limerick is a 5 line poem.  The rhyme scheme is: A, A, B, B, A  Each line has a certain meter (number of “beats”).  Each line can be counted using stressed syllables  Lines 1,2,and 5 (A rhymes) have three stresses  Lines 3 and 4 (B rhymes) have two stressed syllables

Example A flea a fly in a flue Were caught, so what could they do? Said the fly, “Let us flee.” “Let of fly,” said the flea. So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Fill in the blanks There once was a girl named _______ Who fell and broke her ______ She slipped on the ______ Not once, but thrice Take no pity on her, I _______.

Make your own!  An easy way to get started is to pick a boy’s or girl’s name that has one syllable (like Bill, Tim, Jane, Sue, or Jill). There once was a fellow (or young girl) named ____(pick an easy name with one syllable). We’ll pick “Jill.” So the first line is: “There once was a young girl named Jill.”

 Now make a list of words that rhyme with the last word in the first line—in this case, Jill. Your list of rhyming words might include: hill, drill, pill, skill, bill, will, and ill.

 Now write the second line using one of the rhyming words. Here’s an example: “Who freaked at the sight of a drill.” (Notice that the last words in the first two lines rhyme and that both the first and second lines contain 3 “DUMS” or beats.)

 Now think of an interesting story. What could happen to someone scared of a drill? Well, you might have an interesting story if Jill had to go to the dentist. Here’s what might happen in the third and fourth lines. “She brushed every day.” “So, her dentist would say,”

 Now you need to go back to the list of “A” rhyming words to find one that can end the poem. Here’s an example: “Your teeth are quite perfect. No bill.”

 There once was a young girl named Jill. Who was scared by the sight of a drill. She brushed every day So her dentist would say, “Your teeth are so perfect; no bill.”

Haiku  A Haiku poem is unrhymed verse  It has 5 syllables in line one  7 syllables in line 2  And 5 syllables in line 3  Example Haiku: The drops of water Drizzling in the morning fog Landing on my cheeks

Haiku  A Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry.  It is usually about nature.  The job of a Haiku is to paint a picture in your readers’ mind.

Cinquain Poem  Line One: One word title (noun)  Line Two: two descriptive words (adjective)  Line Three: Three words that express action (verb)  Line Four: Four words that express feeling  Line Five: One word Synonym of Line One. (noun)

Cinquain examples  Friendship Precious, awesome Brightens gloomy moments Rainbow's treasure trove discovered Always  Sunbeam Radiant, bright Streaming, pouring, glowing Always makes me happy Golden