Limerick Poetry By: Lindsey Hodge and Amanda Martin ECED 4300 Section A Dr. Tonja Root Poetry

Prewriting/Drafting- Lindsey Hodge GPS : ELA3W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. The student m. Prewrites to generate ideas, develops a rough draft, rereads to revise, and edits to correct.

Prewriting/Drafting- Lindsey Hodge PLO : The student will use a graphic organizer to write a rough draft from the prewriting product.

Form of Writing Limerick Poetry A limerick is a silly poem with five lines. The first, second and fifth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 8 or 9). The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 5 or 6). DLTK. (2010). Limerick Poetry. Retrieved from limerick.htm on October 25, limerick.htm

Prewriting/Drafting Prewriting plan organize graphic organizer no complete sentences Drafting second stage messy Do not focus on mechanical or spelling errors. expand details

D RAFT TO EDIT

Published Model Lear, Edward. (2010). Limerick. Retrieved from holidays.com/patrick/m- limerick.htm on October 25, holidays.com/patrick/m- limerick.htm

Practice Activity-Prewriting/ Drafting Students will investigate the structure of a limerick. How many lines does a limerick have? How many syllables are there in each line? What is the rhythm of the limerick like? What is the pattern of rhyming in the limerick?

Practice Activity Continued…(prewriting and drafting) Give students: Example of a limerick poem. Investigate structure and form Plan and create own draft of limerick. Use graphic organizer to plan and draft a limerick.

Assessment Activity- Prewriting/Drafting Use personal graphic organizer to plan a draft of poem Transfer poem from graphic organizer onto paper. Poem should be in the form of the published example.

Editing/Revising-Amanda Martin GPS: ELA3W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. The student m. Pre-writes to generate ideas, develops a rough draft, rereads to revise, and edits to correct.

Editing/Revising-Amanda Martin PLO: The student will reread the rough draft to revise and edit their piece of poetry.

Form of Writing Limerick Poetry A limerick is a silly poem with five lines. The first, second and fifth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 8 or 9). The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 5 or 6). DLTK. (2010). Limerick Poetry. Retrieved from limerick.htm on October 25, limerick.htm

Stage of writing- Revision/Editing Revision content sentence structure Editing grammar punctuation spelling

D RAFT TO EDIT

P UBLISHED M ODEL Guenther, Leanne. (2010). St. Patrick’s Day Limerick. Retrieved from holidays.com/patrick/m- limerick.htm on October 25, holidays.com/patrick/m- limerick.htm

Practice Activity-Editing After students write their draft and understand the editing and revising processes: Pair with partner Revise and edit piece of poetry.

Assessment Activity- Revising/Editing After students write their draft they will: Revise and edit their piece of poetry.