What is this? There once was a woman from China Who went for a cruise on a liner She slipped on the deck And twisted her neck And now she can see right behind her A Limerick is a special type of funny poem. It is named after the county in Ireland.
How many lines does a Limerick have? The once was a lady from Niger Who smiled as she rode on a tiger They returned from the ride With the lady inside And the smile on the face of the tiger Five Always five? Yes
Which word is the odd one out? Meat miːt Feet fiːt Sheet ʃiːt Sheep ʃiːp Elicit that the final sound is the most important
Feedback China Liner Niger Tiger Inside Ride Neck Deck Cool Rule Through New
Rhyming Tennis Form groups of between 3 and 8 people Form two parallel lines Scoring system is as follows: (15-love), (30-love), (30-15), (30 all), (40-30) deuce etc. Team 1 serves a word first and team 2 has 20 seconds to ‘return’ serve. If team 2 is successful, the second student from team 1 has twenty second to find a rhyme and so on.
Rhyme Patterns In pairs, identify the rhyming words and underline them. Read both limericks to each other and identify the rhyme pattern. AABBA Always AABBA? Yes
There once was a woman from China Who went for a cruise on a liner She slipped on the deck And twisted her neck And now she can see right behind her
Focus on Rhythm = o = = o = = o = = o = = o
The once was a lady from Niger Who smiled as she rode on a tiger They returned from the ride With the lady inside And the smile on the face of the tiger
Practice ______________ Halloween ________ Quebec, _______ man _______ outside_______ deck, When ______ surprise ______ dropped_______ skies, ________vampire _______ made ______ neck.
What does the last line do? There once was a woman from China Who went for a cruise on a liner She slipped on the deck And twisted her neck And now she can see right behind her The once was a lady from Niger Who smiled as she rode on a tiger They returned from the ride With the lady inside And the smile on the face of the tiger
Production There once was a boy from Bangkok A pretty young woman from Spain A funny old man from Beijing There once was a girl from Dubai A happy young guy from Peru There was an old teacher from France There once was a student from Wales A clever young guy from Japan
Production Bangkok: sock, lock, rock Spain: plane, rain, brain Beijing: sing, something, wing Dubai: fly, try, goodbye Peru: through, new, do France: dance, plants, ants Wales: sales, tails, fails Japan: can, plan, fan