WHAT IS A LIMERICK?  Limericks are funny, five line poems  They contain hyperbole, onomatopoeia, idioms, and puns  The rhyme pattern is a a b b a – Lines 1, 2 and 5 have three beats and lines 3 and 4 have two beats  There are syllables in lines 1, 2 and syllables in lines 3 and 4

 What is a limerick Mother? It’s a form of verse said brother In which lines one and two Rhyme with five when it’s through And three and four rhyme with each other

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

FINISH THIS LIMERICK  Limericks are often biographical – they talk about a particular person’s life.  There was an old man from Peru Who dreamed he was eating his ______ He awoke in the night With a terrible ____________ And found out that it was quite_______

WRITE YOUR OWN LIMERICK  Write a limerick about you, or someone you know. For example:-  “There once was a schoolboy named Jack”  “There was an old man with a beard”  “There was a young person from Gisborne”

 Now write another limerick. Here are some suggestions:  1) a fly on the wall  2) a man who thought he was Batman  3) the incredible Wizard of Oz  4) bursting or exploding  5) bound for glory