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Kim Baker and Jamie Turner ECED 4300-A Dr. Root Spring 2011
Grade Level: 4th grade Form: Limerick Poetry
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Kim Baker Stage of Writing: Prewriting
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4th Grade GPS ELA4W1 The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure. The student a. Selects a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based on purpose, genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements.
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Primary Learning Outcome
A. Students will plan their limerick prewriting poetry by choosing a topic, audience, and purpose.
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Limerick Poetry Purpose of limerick poetry is comedy
Has specific rhyming pattern 1st,2nd, and 5th lines rhyme 3rd and 4th lines rhyme AABBA pattern
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Limerick Poetry Has specific syllable pattern for each line
1st,2nd, and 5th lines have 8-9 syllables Each line must have the same amount of syllables 3rd and 4th lines have 5-6 syllables
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Limerick Poetry- Prewriting Stage
Helps plan your writing Will focus on Topic: What are you writing about? Audience: Who are you writing to with your limerick poem? Purpose: Why are you writing your poem?
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Prewriting Graphic Organizer
Baker, K Limerick Poetry Prewriting Graphic Organizer. Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.
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Published Piece There once was a young lady named bright Whose speed was much faster than light She set out one day In a relative way And returned on the previous night. - Anonymous Merriment in rhyme. (2008). Retrieved from
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Practice Activity for Prewriting
4th grade whole group practice activity Brainstorm topic ideas What words go with the topic that we can rhyme? How would our topic affect our audience? What is the purpose of our writing? How do we relate our topic to the purpose?
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Assessment Activity for Prewriting
4th grade individual assessment activity for prewriting Students will plan their limerick poetry using a graphic organizer. Focuses on: Topic Listing rhyming words that relate to topic Audience Purpose
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Jamie Turner Stage of Writing: Drafting Stage
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Limerick Poetry-Drafting Stage Georgia Performance Standard
ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.
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Limerick Poetry-Drafting Stage Primary Learning Outcome
Students will construct a draft for a limerick poem using information from the graphic organizer used in the prewriting stage.
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Limerick Poetry-Drafting Stage What is Limerick Poetry?
Five line poem made up of one couplet and one triplet Rhyme Pattern: a a b b a Lines 1, 2, and 5 have the same number of beats and rhyme Lines 3 and 4 have the same number of beats and rhyme Meant to be funny-last line should contain a punch line
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Limerick Poetry-Drafting Stage Drafting
Use information from prewriting to create sentences Label “rough draft” Mark “X” on every other line to skip when writing Develop sentences from prewriting graphic organizer Focus on content instead of grammar and spelling
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Limerick Poetry-Drafting Stage Graphic Organizer
Turner, J Limerick Poetry Drafting Graphic Organizer. Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.
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Published Piece Limerick
by Sue Ellen There once was an old man from Peru His poor llamas came down with the flu In the valley he passed All the people who gasped At the beast that was uttering "moo" Fern’s Poetry Club. (2011). Retrieved from
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Limerick Poetry-Drafting Stage Practice Activity
4th grade students will assist the teacher in creating a Limerick draft Use information (rhyming words) from prewriting graphic organizer to use in drafting graphic organizer
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Limerick Poetry-Drafting Stage Practice Activity
Turner, J Limerick Poetry Drafting Graphic Organizer. Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.
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Limerick Poetry-Prewriting Stage Assessment Activity
Each 4th grade student will create a Limerick using the drafting graphic organizer
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Sources Limerick poetry. (1998). Retrieved from limerick.htm. Merriment in rhyme. (2008). Retrieved from amous_limerick_examples.html. Baker, K Limerick Poetry Prewriting Graphic Organizer. Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.
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Sources Fern’s Poetry Club. (2011). Retrieved from Turner, J Limerick Poetry Drafting Graphic Organizer. Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.
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