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FUN
WITH LIMERICKS
1.
On a new page in your book, put the above heading, and then go to the
following site:
(http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/B/bookbox/games/limericks/home.htm
)
The above web page
URL is no longer active :- (
See if you can answer the following questions about limericks from these other sites
or your own research:
https://www.poetry4kids.com/lessons/how-to-write-a-limerick/
https://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/patterns/limerick/limerick_acttxt.html
2. From the 'What is a Limerick
?' page, zip through the following three hyper heading links and make
notes on
each:
a) What is a
Limerick?
b) The rhythm
pattern.
c) The rhyming
scheme.
3. Play the Limerick Game!
http://kabubble.com/limericks.htm
4. Write
your own Limerick.
5. Draw and colour a picture to illustrate
your limerick ( or find one on the
Internet.) 6. Extension work for the un-extended! Answer these
questions in complete sentences:
a) What were Limericks originally
called?
b) What is the name and the year of the first one ever
published?
Try the following website or conduct your own research.
http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_famous_limerick_background.html
www.interactive-learning.com.au
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