1. Limericks have rhythm and Rhyme Limericks consist of five lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have 7 -10 syllables and rhyme Lines 3 and 4 have 5-7 syllables and also rhyme

2. Limericks There once was a man from Beijing. All his life he hoped to be ___________. So he put on a crown, Which quickly fell __________. That small silly man from _________. There once was a man from Beijing. All his life he hoped to be King. So he put on a crown, Which quickly fell down. That small silly man from Beijing.

3. A Man from Bejing There once/ was a man/ from Beijing. All his life/ he hoped/ to be King So he put/ on a crown/, Which quickly/ fell down./ That small/ silly man/ from Beijing

4. A Man from Peru There once was a man from Peru. He dreamed he was eating his _____ He woke with a fright in the middle of the ___________ to find that his dream had come ___________ There once was a man from Peru. He dreamed he was eating his shoe. He woke with a fright in the middle of the night to find that his dream had come true

5. A girl named Lynn There once was a girl named Lynn Whose form was uncommonly ______ She once by __________ Was mixed in a cake So they baked that young girl named _________ There once was a girl named Lynn Whose form was uncommonly thin She once by mistake Was mixed in a cake So they baked that young girl named Lynn

6. Old man in a ______ There was an Old Man in a _________ Who was horribly bored by a Bee; When they said, 'Does it _______? He replied, 'Yes, it does! 'It's a regular brute of a Bee!' There was an Old Man in a 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!'

7. Fly on the wall There once was a fly on the wall I wonder why it didn't _________ because it's feet _________ or was it just luck or does gravity miss things so ___ There once was a fly on the wall I wonder why it didn't fall because it's feet stuck or was it just luck or does gravity miss things so small

8. Mr Tuttle’s Limerick A Teacher from Maine I once knew a teacher from Maine Who loved the Patriot’s reign But when they were tossed And to the Giants they lost He became almost completely insane

9. Now it’s your turn Write your own Limerick. Limericks have rhythm and Rhyme Limericks consist of five lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have 7 -10 syllables and rhyme Lines 3 and 4 have 5-7 syllables and also rhyme

10. Template - A: 1) There once was a ______________ from __________________. 2) All the while s/he hoped __________________ ______________________________________. 3) So s/he _______________________________. 4) And _________________________________. 5) That ___________________ from ___________________.

11. Template B 1) I once met a _________________ from ___________________. 2) who every day would ___________ _______________________________________. _______________________________________. 3) But whenever s/he ______________________. 4) The _________________________________. 5) That strange ___________________ from ___________________.