Identify a Limerick (3.R.1.4)

I can identify a limerick! ​

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3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

Lesson: There Was an Old Man With a Flute​

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​Before we read...

we must pay attention to HOW we read.​

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Surfing for Jane is a must,

But sharks she simply won't trust;

She puts on her armor,

So they can't harm her,

though now she struggles with rust.​

A limerick is a five-line poem that is most often humorous. It contains one stanza with a rhyme scheme of AABBA.

​What is a limerick?

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

Surfing for Jane is a must,

But sharks she simply won't trust;

She puts on her armor,

So they can't harm her,

though now she struggles with rust.​

​What features do you

notice about this poem?

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

Surfing for Jane is a must,

But sharks she simply won't trust;

She puts on her armor,

So they can't harm her,

though now she struggles with rust.​

Reveal the answers...

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

​line 1

​line 2

​line 3

​line 4

​line 5

​A

A

B

B

A​

rhyme

scheme​

Multiple Select

Select ALL the statements that are TRUE!

• Limericks are 5 line poems.

• Limericks have 3 lines that rhyme, and then 2 lines that rhyme.

• Limericks follow an AABBA rhyme scheme.

• Limericks are serious poems about nature.

• Limericks have ONE stanza only.

Edward Lear was a British poet who lived about 200 years ago. As a young teenager, he was forced to earn a living. Lear turned to selling his artwork. Later in life, he sold the limericks he wrote and illustrated. Limericks actually began as part of nursery rhymes but became more popular when Lear published "The Book of Nonsense".

​I read, WE read, YOU read!

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

​Limerick: There was an Old Man with a flute

by Edward Lear​

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There was an Old Man with a flute,

A serpent ran into his boot;

But he played day and night,

Till the serpent took flight,

And avoided that man with a flute.​

​ANSWERS REVEAL...

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

​Limerick: There was an Old Man with a flute

by Edward Lear​

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1 There was an Old Man with a flute, A

2 A serpent ran into his boot; A

3 But he played day and night, B

4 Till the serpent took flight, B

5 And avoided that man with a flute.​ A

​ONE

STANZA

ONLY!​

Fill in the Blanks

Help finish the poem with choosing a word that would complete the AABBA rhyme scheme.

Poll

Identify how you feel so far about identifying limericks and their special features.

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• 🧠 I'm processing! ⚙

• 👎🏼I'm struggling.😟