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Let the Bugs do the Rhyming
Students listen to limericks and write their own about a favorite insect.
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Lilting Limericks
Young scholars discover the formula for writing limericks and use it to write their own poems.
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Limerick
In this secondary mathematics worksheet, students determine the solutions to a numerical limerick. The one page worksheet contains one problem with the solution.
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Limericks Activity
In this limerick learning exercise, students read about limericks, read an example, fill in blanks to complete a limerick and complete 4 short "lyrical limerick" activities.
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Recognizing Text Relay
Fifth graders recognize and distinguish between different types of text. After a discussion of the various types of text, small groups compete in a relay race game demonstrating their knowledge of the text. Correct choices earn...
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Five Simple Poems
Students listen as the teacher explains what poetry is as well as describes several types of poetry such as haiku, free verse, limerick, cinquain, and an acrostic. Students read examples of each type of poetry. They compose a poem...
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Looking for Newton
Students discuss the rhyming pattern of various types of poetry. With a focus on limericks, they follow the specific rhyme scheme and create a limerick about Newton. They share their poem with the class and write another one related to...
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Limericks
Students use the Internet to find examples of limericks. They discover the culture and history of Ireland. They create their own limericks and share them with the class. They offer strengths and weaknesses.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: There Once Was...
Part 2 of this tutorial on limerick writing demonstrates the importance of form (meter and rhyme) in limerick poetry using the exemplary and amusing work of Edward Lear.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "The Floating Old Man" by Edward Lear
This site offers the text and audio of the limerick "The Floating Old Man" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.
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Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Girl of Majorca" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site provides the text and audio of the poem "There Was a Young Girl of Majorca" by Edward Lear.
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Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady of Hull" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was a Young Lady of Hull" by Edward Lear.
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Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady of Norway" by Edward Lear
This site offers the text and audio of the limerick "There Was a Young Lady of Norway" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.
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Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady of Portugal" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This is the text for a limerick entitled "There was a Young Lady of Portugal" by Edward Lear.
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Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man in a Tree" by Edward Lear
[This site offers the text and audio of the limerick "There Was an Old Man in a Tree" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.
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Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man of Corfu" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site features the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man of Corfu" by Edward Lear.
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Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man of Dee Side" by Edward Lear
This site offers the text and the audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man of Dee-side" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.
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Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man of Dumbree" by Edward Lear
This site features the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man of Dumbree" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.
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Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man of Hong Kong" by Edward Lear
This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man of Hong Kong" by Edward Lear.
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Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man of Peru" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site features the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man of Peru" by Edward Lear.
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Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man of the Dargle" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and the audio of "There Was an Old Man of the Dargle" by Edward Lear.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: More Nonsense by Edward Lear
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book More Nonsense by Edward Lear (1888), a book of illustrated nonsense limerick poems.
University of Oregon
University of Oregon: Pizzaz!
Come and check out this incredible resource from the University of Oregon. This site features links to creative-writing for poetry and fiction, as well as other teacher resources.
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Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady of Parma" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and the audio of the limerick "There Was a Young Lady of Parma" by Edward Lear.