Edward Lear, Limericks, and Nonsense: There Once Was...

Students recognize poetic devices including rhyme, syllabification, and meter. They identify the characteristics of a nonsense poem and of a limerick. They write their own limericks.

Concepts

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limericks, types of poetry, rhymes, meters, the metric system

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Additional Tags

edward lear, limericks, meter, nonsense poems, rhyme, english language arts

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Resource Details

Grade

3rd - 5th

Subjects

English Language Arts

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Resource Type

Lesson Plans

Audience

For Teacher Use

Duration

2 days

Instructional Strategies

Research

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Usage Permissions

Creative Commons

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