Kim Baker and Jamie TurnerECED 4300-A

Dr. RootSpring 2011

Grade Level: 4th grade

Form: Limerick Poetry

Kim Baker

Stage of Writing: Prewriting

4th Grade 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.

Primary Learning Outcome

A. Students will plan their limerick prewriting poetry by choosing a topic, audience, and purpose.

Limerick Poetry

Purpose of limerick poetry is comedy

Has specific rhyming pattern1st,2nd, and 5th lines rhyme3rd and 4th lines rhymeAABBA pattern

Limerick Poetry Has specific syllable pattern for

each line 1st,2nd, and 5th lines have 8-9

syllablesEach line must have the same amount of syllables

3rd and 4th lines have 5-6 syllablesEach line must have the same amount of syllables

Limerick Poetry- Prewriting Stage

Helps plan your writing Will focus on

Topic: What are you writing about?

Audience: Who are you writing to with your limerick poem?

Purpose: Why are you writing your poem?

Prewriting Graphic Organizer

Baker, K. 2011. Limerick Poetry Prewriting Graphic Organizer. Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

Limerick Poetry

Prewriting Graphic Organizer

Form of Writing: Limerick Poetry

What is your topic?

What words support your topic and rhyme?

Who is your audience?

What is your purpose for writing?

Published PieceThere once was a young lady

named brightWhose speed was much faster than

lightShe set out one day

In a relative wayAnd returned on the previous night.

- AnonymousMerriment in rhyme. (2008). Retrieved from http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_famous_limerick_examples.html.

Practice Activity for Prewriting

4th grade whole group practice activity

Brainstorm topic ideas What words go with the topic that we

can rhyme? How would our topic affect our

audience? What is the purpose of our writing?

How do we relate our topic to the purpose?

Assessment Activity for Prewriting

4th grade individual assessment activity for prewriting

Students will plan their limerick poetry using a graphic organizer. Focuses on:

TopicListing rhyming words that relate to topic

AudiencePurpose

Jamie Turner

Stage of Writing: Drafting Stage

Limerick Poetry-Drafting StageGeorgia Performance Standard

ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student

a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.

Limerick Poetry-Drafting StagePrimary Learning Outcome

Students will construct a draft for a limerick poem using information from the graphic organizer used in the prewriting stage.

Limerick Poetry-Drafting StageWhat is Limerick Poetry?

Five line poem made up of one couplet and one triplet

Rhyme Pattern: a a b b a Lines 1, 2, and 5 have the same

number of beats and rhyme Lines 3 and 4 have the same

number of beats and rhyme Meant to be funny-last line

should contain a punch line

Limerick Poetry-Drafting StageDrafting

Use information from prewriting to create sentences Label “rough draft” Mark “X” on every other line to skip

when writing Develop sentences from prewriting

graphic organizer Focus on content instead of

grammar and spelling

There once was a named

Who

He/ She/ I t

Then

Now

Limerick Poetry-Drafting StageGraphic Organizer

Turner, J. 2011. Limerick Poetry Drafting Graphic Organizer. Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

Published PieceLimerick

by Sue Ellen There once was an old man from Peru

His poor llamas came down with the flu

In the valley he passedAll the people who gasped

At the beast that was uttering "moo"Fern’s Poetry Club. (2011). Retrieved from http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/limerick.html.

Limerick Poetry-Drafting StagePractice Activity

4th grade students will assist the teacher in creating a Limerick draftUse information (rhyming words) from prewriting graphic organizer to use in drafting graphic organizer

There once was a named

Who

He/ She/ I t

Then

Now

Limerick Poetry-Drafting StagePractice Activity

Turner, J. 2011. Limerick Poetry Drafting Graphic Organizer. Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

Limerick Poetry-Prewriting StageAssessment Activity

Each 4th grade student will create a Limerick using the drafting graphic organizer

Sources Limerick poetry. (1998). Retrieved from

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/patrick/m-limerick.htm.

Merriment in rhyme. (2008). Retrieved from http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_famous_limerick_examples.html.

Baker, K. 2011. Limerick Poetry Prewriting Graphic Organizer. Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

Sources Fern’s Poetry Club. (2011). Retrieved

from http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/limerick.html.

Turner, J. 2011. Limerick Poetry Drafting Graphic Organizer. Unpublished handout, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.