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Matilda’s Limericks
Age Group: School-age
Objectives:
- Student will create a limerick that follows the traditional AABBA rhyming pattern
Grade 4 students:
Production and Distribution of Writing:
Production and Distribution of Writing:
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.4
- Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
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Procedure:
“The thing we all ask about Jenny
Is, “Surely there cannot be many
Young girls in the place
With so lovely a face?”
The answer to that is, ‘Not any!’”
- Explain and give examples of what limericks are. Here is one from Matilda:
“The thing we all ask about Jenny
Is, “Surely there cannot be many
Young girls in the place
With so lovely a face?”
The answer to that is, ‘Not any!’”
- Limericks follow a pattern where the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme as well as the second and third. You can think of this as a AABBA pattern
- Instruct students to create their own limerick.
- Invite students to share their finished piece with their classmates
Assessment:
- Record student’s ability to create the AABBA rhyming pattern in their limerick
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