LIMERICKS – 5 th Grade

LIMERICKS –5th Grade

Whitney FarmerKaty RobersonECED 4300- CSpring2010

GPS: ELA5W1 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:

Whitney: Prewriting

a. Selects a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based on purpose, genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements.

Prewriting Continued…

PLO◦Students will brainstorm ideas, and complete a limerick graphic organizer, as a class and independently.


5 line poemThe last words of the first, second, and

fifth lines must rhyme.AA, BB, A format Meant to be humorousThe last line of a good limerick contains

the punch line.Stage: Prewriting- 1st stage of the writing

process

Form of Poetry: Limericks

1st stage of the Writing ProcessStage to plan your writing Instructions:

◦Choose a topic◦Choose form of writing (Limerick)◦Choose your audience◦Choose your purpose for writing◦Complete a graphic organizer.

Graphic organizers help organizer your information and help create new organized ideas.


Prewriting-Graphic Organizer There once was a animal named (Insert name)

◦Focus on Subject and name it That/Who

◦What did the subject do? Is it he/she

◦The Cause? Then

◦The effect Now

◦End result

Graphic Organizer Reference:

Behland, K. and Lyles, D. (2009). Graphic Organizer. Unpublished graphic organizer, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

Published Limerick: There once was a cat named Billy

Who often became quite silly. When he played with catnip He jumped and he flipped

Like he was caught in a dilly.

APA Citation for Published Limerick: Reeg,C. (2007). Limerick Fun for Kids. Retrieved on April 6, 2010. Retrieved from

http://www.cyncynthiareeg.com/kids/limericks.html

As a class we will brainstorm for ideas and words for our limerick.

We will complete a Graphic Organizer as a class.

Prewriting Practice Activity:

The students’ will be assessed on their ability to complete a graphic organizer individually.

Prewriting Assessment Activity:

GPS: ELA5W1 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: ◦b. Writes texts of a length appropriate to address

the topic or tell the story.

Katy -Drafting

PLO:◦Students will begin writing their own limericks using their graphic organizers.

Drafting Continued…



the punch line.Stage: Drafting- 2nd stage of the writing

process


Drafting = Putting your ideas on paper Steps:

1. Form ideas from the graphic organizer into complete sentences.

2. Label this copy of limerick as draft.3. Skip every other line when writing the limerick. (To

help you remember to skip lines put an “x” on every other line.)

4. The point is to focus more on content instead of grammar, sentence structure, or spelling.

Drafting Continued…

Teacher will model how to write a limerick for the students using four easy steps, and the class graphic organizer from the prewriting stage.

Drafting Practice Activity

1. Choose an animal name, boy or girl, from the graphic organizer, and fill in the blank for the first line.

◦ There once was an animal named (insert name) Example: There once was an animal named

Dudley,2. Then you think of something the subject would do,

and start the sentence with that or who. (The last word must rhyme with the last word of the first line.)

Example: Who was very cute and cuddly.

Practice Activity Continued…

3. Next you decide if the animal is a boy/girl, think of a cause, and then effect for the third and fourth lines.

• Remember the rhyme scheme: AA,BB,A (so the rhyme changes on the third/fourth lines)

Example: he wasn’t house trained, and some tempers were strained, 4. The last line is the end result of your limerick, and the

last word rhymes with the last words of the first and second lines. Example: His fail was the that he was way too puddly.

Practice Activity Continued…

There was a Young Lady whose eyes,Were unique as to color and size;

When she opened them wide,People all turned aside,

And started away in surprise.

Published Limerick:

APA Citation for Published Limerick: Lear, E. (1861). A Book of Nonsense. Retrieved on April 5, 2010.

Retrieved from http://www.poetry-online.org/limericks.htm

Students will write their own limerick using their graphic organizer from the prewriting process, and the steps the teacher modeled during the practice activity.

Drafting Assessment Activity

GPS:ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student: ◦b. Revises manuscripts to improve the meaning

and focus of writing by adding, deleting, consolidating, clarifying, and rearranging words and sentences.

Whitney: Revising

PLO: The students will revise their rough draft created during the drafting stage.

Whitney: Revising



the punch line.Stage: Revising- 3rd stage of the writing

process


Revising: “Seeing again”Process of improving your writing by:◦Adding◦Rearranging◦Removing ◦Replacing

Poetic Limerick: Revising

Let’s work together!Get in groups of twoRead each other’s draft and offer

suggestions for changes and improvements.

5 linesCheck for AABBA rhyming patterns

Revising Practice Activity

Now try it on your own!Revise the your draft limerick on your

ownRemember the suggestions you

received in groups

Revising Assessment Activity

GPS: ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student: ◦c. Edits to correct errors in spelling,

punctuation, etc.

Whitney: Editing

PLO: The students will edit their revised drafts using proper punctuation, spelling, and grammar and usage.

Editing Continued…



the punch line.Stage: Editing- 4th stage of the writing

process


Editing is checking your:◦Grammar◦Spelling◦Punctuation◦Capitalization◦Sentence structure◦Subject/verb agreement

Limerick Editing Continued…

Time for groups again!In groups work with a partner and

give suggestions and proofread their paper.

Do not write on your partners paper, have them write the corrections.

Practice Activity: Editing

Your turn!Edit your revised draft based on the

corrections you made with your partner.

Once you are finished editing, you will have your published piece!

Assessment Activity: Editing

GPS: ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student: ◦a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully. ◦b. Revises manuscripts to improve the meaning and

focus of writing by adding, deleting, consolidating, clarifying, and rearranging words and sentences.

◦c. Edits to correct errors in spelling, punctuation, etc.

Katy- Publishing

PLO: Students will rewrite their limericks with corrections made during the revising/editing stages to make a final copy.

Publishing Continued….



the punch line.Stage: Publishing- final stage of the writing

process


Final stage of the writing processStudents use their edited pieces to write

a final copy of the limerick.Neat handwriting is used

Publishing Continued…

Students will write a final draft of their limericks.

Students will use the changes made to their draft to write the final copy.

Published Assessment Activity

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LIMERICKS – 5 th Grade