1. Destiny Collins and Kaitlin Savitz Dr. Tonja Root ECED 4300 C Limericks 4 th Grade

2. Prewriting and Drafting Destiny Collins

3. Prewriting 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.

4. Prewriting PLO: Students will plan their limerick poetry by completing a graphic organizer.

5. Drafting GPS : ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.

6. Drafting PLO: Students will draft their limerick poem using their graphic organizer.

7. Form of Writing: Limericks Funny poem 5 lines AABBA pattern ◦ da DUM da da DUM da da DUM rhythm pattern (lines 1, 2, and 5) ◦ da DUM da da DUM (lines 3 and 4)

8. The basic form is: da da DUM / da da DUM / da da BING da da DUM / da da DUM / da da DING da da DUM / da da BAM da da DUM / da da WHAM da da DUM / da da DUM / da da PING

9. Stage of Writing Prewriting: ◦ Focus on graphic organizer Prewriting and Drafting: ◦ Focus on:  5 lines  Using AABBA pattern

10. Graphic Organizer There once was a _________________ Who/That________________________ He or She/It ______________________ Then____________________________ Now ____________________________ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:klPp0EbXqJ4J:mysite.verizon.net/vzep5r12/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/limerickdraftinggraphicorganizer.doc+Li merick+graphic+organizer&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us Modified from Limerick Drafting Graphic Organizer. (n.d). Retrieved October 22, 2010 from http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:klPp0EbXqJ4J:mysite.verizon.net/vzep5r12/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/limerickdraftinggraphicorganizer.doc+Li merick+graphic+organizer&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

11. Published Example: A Clumsy Young Fellow Named Tim 1. There once was a fellow named Tim (A) 2. whose dad never taught him to swim. (A) 3. He fell off a dock (B) 4. and sunk like a rock. (B) 5. And that was the end of him. (A) Lansky, Bruce. (n.d.). How to write a limerick. Giggle Poetry. Retrieved on October 22, 2010 from http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/limerickcontesthelp.html

12. Practice Activity: 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 _________. Lansky, Bruce. (n.d.). How to write a limerick. Giggle Poetry. Retrieved on October 22, 2010 from http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/limerickcontesthelp.html

13. Assessment Activity: Use you graphic organizer to: ◦ Plan your limerick ◦ Draft your limerick

14. Kaitlin Savitz Revising and Editing Limericks

15. GPS and PLO ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student b. Revises selected drafts to improve coherence and progression by adding, deleting, consolidating, and rearranging text. c. Edits to correct errors in spelling, punctuation, etc. PLO: Students will revise and edit their limerick drafts.

16. Poetry: Limericks Rhythm ◦ AABBA ◦ 3 dums, 3 dums, 2 dums, 2 dums, 3 dums Rhyme ◦ Last words of 1 st, 2 nd, and 5 th lines rhyme ◦ Last words of 3 rd and 4 th lines rhyme

17. Stages of Writing Revising ◦ Add, substitute, delete, and rearrange words or sentences in the limerick. Editing ◦ Focus on mechanics  Capitalization, punctuation, misspellings, and grammatical errors

18. There once was a young girl named Jill. Who was scared by the sight of a drill. She brushed every day So her dentist would say, “Your teeth are so perfect; no bill.” Lansky, Bruce. (n.d.). How to write a limerick. Giggle Poetry. Retrieved on October 22, 2010 from http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/limerickcontesthelp.html Published Example

19. Practice A mouse in her room woke miss Dowd She was frightened it must be okay Soon a happie thought hit her To scare off the critter, She sit up in bed and meowed. Limericks. (2010). Brownielocks and the 3 Bears. Retrieved on October 22, 2010 from http://www.brownielocks.com/Limericks.html

20. Assessment Activity Revise and Edit your limerick draft ◦ AABBA ◦ Accurate rhythm ◦ Polish words and sentences ◦ Correct your mechanical and grammatical errors