• 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

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.

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

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

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

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!'

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

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

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

Template - A:

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

Template B

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