limericks have rhythm and rhyme limericks consist of five lines. lines 1, 2, and 5 have 7 -10...
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• Limericks have rhythm and Rhyme •Limericks consist of five lines.•Lines 1, 2, and 5 have 7 -10 syllables and rhyme •Lines 3 and 4 have 5-7 syllables and also rhyme
Limericks
There once was a man from Beijing .
All his life he hoped to be ___________.
So he put on a crown,
Which quickly fell __________.
That small silly man from _________ .
There once was a man from Beijing .
All his life he hoped to be King.
So he put on a crown, Which quickly fell
down.That small silly man
from Beijing.
A Man from Bejing
• There once/ was a man/ from Beijing.
• All his life/ he hoped/ to be King• So he put/ on a crown/, • Which quickly/ fell down./• That small/ silly man/ from Beijing
A Man from Peru
• There once was a man from Peru.
• He dreamed he was eating his _____
• He woke with a fright• in the middle of the
___________• to find that his
dream had come ___________
• There once was a man from Peru.
• He dreamed he was eating his shoe.
• He woke with a fright• in the middle of the
night• to find that his
dream had come true
A girl named Lynn
• There once was a girl named Lynn
• Whose form was uncommonly ______
• She once by __________
• Was mixed in a cake• So they baked that
young girl named _________
• There once was a girl named Lynn
• Whose form was uncommonly thin
• She once by mistake• Was mixed in a cake• So they baked that
young girl named Lynn
Old man in a ______
• There was an Old Man in a _________
• Who was horribly bored by a Bee;
• When they said, 'Does it _______?
• He replied, 'Yes, it does!
• 'It's a regular brute of a Bee!'
• There was an Old Man in a tree,
• Who was horribly bored by a Bee;
• When they said, 'Does it buzz?‘
• He replied, 'Yes, it does!‘
• 'It's a regular brute of a Bee!'
Fly on the wall
• There once was a fly on the wall
• I wonder why it didn't _________
• because it's feet _________
• or was it just luck• or does gravity
miss things so ___
• There once was a fly on the wall
• I wonder why it didn't fall
• because it's feet stuck
• or was it just luck• or does gravity
miss things so small
Mr Tuttle’s Limerick A Teacher from Maine
• I once knew a teacher from Maine
• Who loved the Patriot’s reign• But when they were tossed• And to the Giants they lost• He became almost completely
insane
Now it’s your turn
• Write your own Limerick.• Limericks have rhythm and
Rhyme • Limericks consist of five lines.• Lines 1, 2, and 5 have 7 -10
syllables and rhyme • Lines 3 and 4 have 5-7
syllables and also rhyme
Template - A:
• 1) There once was a ______________ from __________________. 2) All the while s/he hoped __________________ ______________________________________. 3) So s/he _______________________________. 4) And _________________________________. 5) That ___________________ from ___________________.
Template B
• 1) I once met a _________________ from ___________________. 2) who every day would ___________ _______________________________________. _______________________________________. 3) But whenever s/he ______________________. 4) The _________________________________. 5) That strange ___________________ from ___________________.