Poetry and Limericks

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This lesson contains 17 slides, with interactive quiz, text slides and 1 video.

Lesson duration is: 45 min

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Welcome!

- Please put on your camera

- Mute yourself

- Have your phones ready please

- Questions? Raise your hand (like in class ;))

Let's begin!

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Goals

After this class you can:

Name different kinds of poems
Name some characteristics
Know how to write a limerick using the correct rhyming scheme

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Kinds of poems

Acrostic poem

Haiku

Fairy poem (Elfje)

Limerick

and many more

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Haiku

Haiku: 5 – 7 – 5

3 lines (regels)

1st line: 5 syllables (lettergrepen)

2nd line: 7 syllables

3rd line: 5 syllables

Haiku poems don’t rhyme.

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Haiku?!

Haikus are easy.

But sometimes they don't make sense.

Refrigerator.

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Fairy poem (Elfje)

You

Your smile

Your long hair

Your pretty green eyes

You

1 word

2 words

3 words

4 words

1 word

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More examples

https://www.rd.com/article/limerick-examples/

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When writing a Limerick it's important to include ..?
A = Happiness B = Humor
C = Sadness D = Exaggeration

Happines

Humor

Sadness

Exaggeration

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Portfolio assignment!

Write your own Haiku, Limerick, and Fairy Poem
Each student will read ONE of these each along with your presentation
Make sure they are 'witty' and/or 'funny'

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See you next time!

Well done!

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