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Sharpen your pencils and put your clown hat—it’s time to exercise your funny bones with some limerick writing. Limericks are a special kind of poetry popularized by a man named Edward Lear. They use a special rhyming and syllable pattern in only five lines. The topics are funny and allow for creative use of language and vocabulary. The silly part brings out the silly in your own budding poet.
In this issue students will:
- Learn about limericks
- Use guided practice to learn limerick patterns
- Use the newspaper to hunt rhyming words
- Complete a “cloze” activity to practice comprehension
- Understand and follow a word pattern and use of rhythm in words
- Find inspiration for limerick writing in the news
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