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At the end of this session we will have written a limerick.
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Have you heard anything else about limericks? Limericks named after Irish town (with a pub in which limericks were told!) Because silly and memorable, repeated by beggars and working classes in pubs Even Shakespeare wrote them- Othello and King Lear
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Silly-but doesn’t always have to be 5 lines Lines 1, 2 and 5: 10 syllables Lines 3 and 4: 5 -7 syllables Lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme
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There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, 'It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!
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To get you started, write your first limerick simply by fitting syllables(beats) into the brackets. Use a bracket for each syllable – tree, Who was horribly bored by a Bee; When they said, 'Does it buzz?' He replied, 'Yes, it does!' 'It's a regular brute of a Bee!' There was an Old Man in a { } Who { } { } { } { } { } { } { } { } When { they } { said } { does } it } buzz ? } { He } { re } { plied } { } { } { } { Its } { a } { reg } { } { } { } { } { }{ }
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1. How many lines are there? ______ 2. How many beats are there in each line? Line A: _____ beats Line B: _____ beats Line C: _____ beats Line D: _____ beats Line E: _____ beats 3. Which lines rhyme with which? Lines ____, ____ and ____ rhyme. Lines ____ and ____ rhyme. 4. What subjects do limericks usually seem to be about?
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In a castle that had a deep moat Lived a chicken a duck and a goat. They wanted to go out And wander about But they desperately needed a boat. There once was a bear at the zoo Who always had something to do When it bored him, you know, to go to and fro, he reversed it and went fro and to.
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Rhyme Pattern or Scheme The rhyme scheme or rhyme pattern is AABBA.rhyme A mosquito was heard to complain, 'A chemist has poisoned my brain!’ The cause of his sorrow was paradichloro- triphenyldichloroethane.
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Limericks Limericks consist of five lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 of Limericks have 7-10 syllables and rhyme with one another. Lines 3 and 4 of Limericks have 5-7 syllables and also rhyme with each other.
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WHEN I GO FOR A WALK IN THE SUN, I CAN ASSURE YOU IT'S NOT ALWAYS FUN. AS THE FASTER I MOVE, IT IS EASY TO PROVE THAT PERSPIRATION,LIKE RIVERS,CAN RUN.
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1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 7 – 10 syllables 5 – 7 syllables 7 – 10 syllables
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The school trip was a special occasion But we never reached our destination Sometimes Google can help you find a rhyming word : write in search line “words that rhyme with destination”
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For example: words that rhyme with poverty property properly fatherly somberly novelty robbery, slobbery, snobbery doddery, tottery, lottery foppery oddity, commodity
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A film actor dining in Kew Found a very large bug in his _____. Said the waiter, "Don't shout And wave it ______, Or the rest will be wanting one ___." There once was a boy named Joe Who dropped a big brick on his ___ He asked, with a frown, "Will the swelling go _____?" And the doctor said, "Yes. I think___." List of words: down, so, stew, about, toe, too.
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To scare off the critter Then a happy thought hit her She sat up in bed and just meowed Who was frightened and screamed very loud A mouse in her room woke Miss Doud he awoke with a fright, Who dreamed of eating his shoe, and found that his dream had come true! in the middle of the night, There one was a man from Peru,
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‘Dis poetry is not Party Political, Not designed fe dose who are critical.’ Often used as a technique to say challenging or radical things or to emphasise that they are not part of the ‘wealthy world we know’.
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Let’s try writing a limerick!
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Let’s share some of our limericks!
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“Poetry: the best words in the best order.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Poet) (1772-1834) To what extent do you find this statement to be true/false?
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I’ve used most of the skills learnt. I’ve tried to use some of the skills learnt. I’m not using the skills learnt as well as I could be.
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