1. Language Arts: Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Handouts: * Limerick Poetry
Homework: * Write a limerick and include your rough draft Rough draft should reflect corrections and effort Due tomorrow (Wednesday), beginning of class * Save your haiku and limerick to a flash drive as Word docs Then save your haiku and limerick to the Chrome drive * Poem Project—Planning Sheet due this Friday * Poem Project, poem and illustration, due Feb. 22, BOC
Assignments due: * None

2. Lesson Goal: Students will learn how to write limerick poetry.
Outcomes: Be able to . . .
Learn the distinctive features of limerick poetry.
Analyze published limericks.
Begin writing limericks during class.
Edit and proof your limerick poetry.
Analyze your limerick to determine whether it meets the prescribed format for limericks.
Exchange limerick rough drafts for peer reviews.
Present your limerick to the class this week.

3. Starter #1 How many of you have ever read limerick poetry
Starter #1 How many of you have ever read limerick poetry? If you have, can you explain to the rest of the class what a limerick is?
A limerick is a humorous five-line poem that always follows this pattern:
* Three long lines that rhyme (lines 1, 2, and 5)
* Two short lines that rhyme (lines 3 and 4)
* It also follows a strict pattern of beats.

4. Starter #2 How do you write a limerick? Here’s the formula. . . .
Beats Pattern Rhyme Scheme
Line 1: da DUM da da DUM da da DUM (3 DUMS) A
Line 2: da DUM da da DUM da da DUM (3 DUMS) A
Line 3: da DUM da da DUM (2 DUMS) B
Line 4: da DUM da da DUM (2 DUMS) B
Line 5: da DUM da da DUM da da DUM (3 DUMS) A

5. Starter #3 Here are some examples of limericks. . . .
There once was a fellow named Tim
Whose dad never taught him to swim.
He fell off a dock
And sunk like a rock
And that was the end of him.
There was an old man from Peru
who dreamed he was eating his shoe.
He awoke in the night
with a terrible fright
And found out that it was quite true.

6. Starter #4 Now it’s your turn
Starter #4 Now it’s your turn. Your poem will be graded on the following:
Correct number of lines
Five
Correct rhyme scheme
AABBA
Correct beat pattern
Da DUM, da da DUM, da da DUM (in lines 1,2,5)
Da DUM, da da DUM (in lines 3,4)
Correct spellings
Correct punctuation when needed
Correct tone . . .
A tone that’s humorous! 
Did you include a rough draft that reveals your . . .
Editing and effort