In-Class, Wed., Nov. 5th: Limericks

If you miss this class, do the blog post at home, invent a "grammar limerick" on your own, and post it to this blog as a comment no later than Friday, Nov. 7th, at class time.
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Today, we'll do a group-work CREATIVE WRITING task that deals with rhythm and rhyme of language.

I have emailed you all the works of art of my ENGL 300 courses from Fall 2007 and Spring 2008. Open this email attachment.

At first, we are going to evaluate these limericks.

TASK 1:
Go to the following website, and get informed about the correct rhythm and rhyme scheme of a limerick.

Then, highlight the limericks that were done right in green, and those that don't quite work in red. Substitute words/sentences that WOULD work for the limericks that did not get the rhythm right (in class discussion).

TASK 2:

Let's see if we can exceed them!

Get together in groups of three or four people (maximum), and create your own limerick. Observe the following rules:

1) The rhythm MUST be correct. Read it out loud to get the hang of it.
2) The long lines must rhyme.
3) The short lines must rhyme.
4) There must be a pun in it.
5) It MUST deal with either grammar/language acquisition/syntax/punctuation/teaching!!!!!!!!!!!

It can contain "language," too. After all, limericks allegedly originate from pubs in Ireland...

When you're done, publish your limerick as a comment to this blog entry, and indicate all the names of your group members!