limericks

LI: To write limericks

SC: It must have 5 lines lines, he last word of the first and last line must be the same and all the last words of each line must rhyme.

Limericks are nonsensical 5 line rhymes that were made popular hundreds of years ago by Edward Lear.  

Here is an example:

There was an old person of Pisa,

Whose daughters did nothing to please her;

She dressed them in gray, and banged them all day,

Round the walls of the city of Pisa.

Use the following link to check out some more of his collection.  Use names of local/familiar places to include in your limericks. When complete select a suitable illustration or draw one of your own using tux/sumo paint, share it with your teacher and upload it to your blog.

     My limerick

There was a great man from England

Who was so sweet and kind,

a man from a lightly land

In the lands of limericks, he wears a Golden ring

He is the master of Limericks, he is their