1. Study your notes. Poetry test next Wednesday April 22!
limericks
Homework:
Study your notes. Poetry test next Wednesday April 22!
Bring in random object.
Objective
I can identify the elements of a limerick.
Warm Up:
Today we will be moving away from narrative poetry to look at another type of poem - a LIMERICK. Look up the definition of LIMERICK in the glossary of your Literature book and copy it into your notes.

2. Random object requirements
The object CANNOT be electronic in any way - no batteries, no cords or plug ins
It should be something that you use fairly often
It should not be an ordinary school supply - pencil, pen, marker, notebook, etc.
It should be something that has a story behind it, is special in some way
It should be something fairly unique to you

3. Limerick
a short, humorous poem made up of five lines. It usually has a rhyme scheme aabba, created by two rhyming couplets followed by a fifth line that rhymes with the first couplet.

4. A silly young fellow named Ben
Swallowed up his wrist watch, and then
He coughed up the date
And time on his plate
April first, ten seconds past ten.
- Jack Prelutsky

5. A bugler named Dougal McDougal
Found ingenious ways to be frugal.
He learned how to sneeze
In various keys,
Thus saving the price of a bugle.
- Ogden Nash

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8. How do you write a limerick?

9. Rhyme Pattern:
The last words of the first, second, and fifth lines all rhyme with each other. We’ll call those rhyming words “A,” like “ Peru,” “shoe,” and “true” or “Tim,” “swim,” and “him”. And the last words of the third and fourth lines rhyme with each other. We’ll call those rhyming words “B,” like “night” and “fright” or “dock” and “rock”.

10. Rhythm Pattern:
The first, second, and fifth lines all have this rhythm pattern: da DUM da da DUM da da DUM (notice there are 3 DUMS or beats). Say, “There once was a fellow named Tim” out loud. Now say, “da DUM da da DUM da da DUM” out loud. Notice that both have the same rhythm. The third and fourth lines have a different rhythm pattern: da DUM da da DUM (notice there are 2 DUMS or beats). Say, “He fell off the dock” out loud. Now say “da DUM da da DUM” out loud. Notice that both have the same rhythm.

11. 1. There was an old man from Peru, (A)
da DUM da da DUM da da DUM (3 DUMS)
2. who dreamed he was eating his shoe. (A)
3. He awoke in the night (B)
da DUM da da DUM (2 DUMS)
4. with a terrible fright, (B)
da da DUM da da DUM (2 DUMS)
5. and found out that it was quite true. (A)

12. When you write a limerick, make sure that it has the same AABBA rhyme pattern. Make sure it also has the same 3 DUMS, 3 DUMS, 2 DUMS, 2 DUMS, 3 DUMS rhythm pattern, too. To be sure, recite the poem, substituting “da” for all unaccented or unstressed syllables and “DUM” for all accented or stressed syllables. If your poem doesn’t have a similar rhythm pattern, then you need to make some adjustments.

13. There once was a young girl named Jill.
She screamed at the sight of a drill.
She brushed every day
Her dentist would say...

14. There once was a young girl named Jill.
She screamed at the sight of a drill.
She brushed every day
Her dentist would say...
“Your teeth are so perfect; no bill.”
"Oh my, what a beautiful grill!"

15. Your turn!
You will now work in your groups to 
create a limerick based on one of the 
poems that we have read in class. Think 
about the events that happened in your 
poem. If you could make some sort of 
change anywhere in the poem, a funny 
twist in the plot or in the events, what 
would it be? Write a limerick about 
something funny that could be added to 
your original poem.

16. Message from a Caterpillar
Caterpillar in its cocoon
It shines in the light of the moon
Falls out of the tree
Gets stepped on by me
No butterfly anytime soon

17. Fall pg. 603