limericks

LI: To write limericks SC: It must have 5 lines lines, the 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. Once there was a king who lived in Rome who wanted to live on his own and he walked up and down wearing a big frown because he had a daughter that lost her crown that king decided to live alone in Rome