GoDrumLessonPlan
TeacherNotes&AnswerKey
Level:
Topic:
Aims:
Intermediate(B1)
Limericks
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Preparation:
Time: 60minutes
Torecogniseandproducevowelsounds
Torecognisewordsthatrhyme
Toraiseawarenessofwordstressandsentence
stressinthecontextofalimerick
TopracNsewriNngaLimerick
4 to 6 copies of phonemic charts
Photocopy Worksheets A & B (1 per student)
SECTION 1: Phoneme Warmer (15 mins)
Warmer-Game:PhonemeStoptheBus(15minutes)
Putstudentsintogroupsof3-4.
Draw5columnsontheboardwithavowelphonemeineachcolumn(seeexamplebelow).
Tellstudentsthey’regoingtoplayagametopracNcepronunciaNonofvowelsounds.
Demonstratethegamebychoosingaconsonantle?erandelicitonewordforeachcolumn.
Thewordsineachcolumnmuststartwiththeconsonantandincludethevowelsoundfrom
eachcolumn.
/i:/
Tea
/ɔ:/
Tall
/æ/
tap
/u:/
tune
/ɑ:/
tart
Procedure
1.Putstudentsintogroupsof3–4
2.Studentscopycategories,nominateonepersontowrite
3.Givestudentsale?er(randomlyopenabookandchooseale?ere.g.3rdline,1stword,2ndle?er)
4.Studentswriteonewordineachcolumn
5.Thefirstteamtofinishslamsthetableandshouts‘stopthebus’
6.Putthewinningteam’sanswersonboard
7.Elicitotherteamanswersandcalculatepoints
Rules
OnlyonepersoncanwriteataNme
OnlyWritercanslamtable
Scoring
10points–firstteamtofinish
2points-uniqueanswer(nootherteamshavesameanswer)
1point-sameanswerasoneotherteam
0points–sameanswerastwoormoreteams
GoDrumLessonPlan
TeacherNotes&AnswerKey
SECTION 2: Introducing Limericks (15 mins)
AnalysisofLimericks(15minutes)
AskstudentsiftheyknowwhataLimerickis?
Answer:WhatisaLimerick?
Alimerickiso_enafunnypoemwithastrongbeat.Theyaregreattoreadand
writeastheyareshortandfunny.
TheStructureofaLimerickPoem
• ALimerickconsistsoffivelines.
• Thefirstlineofalimerickpoemusuallybeginswith'Therewasa....'andendswith
aname,personorplace.
• Thelastlineofalimerickisnormallyali?lefarfetchedorunusual.
• Alimerickshouldhavearhymeschemeofaabba:
• Thismeanslines1,2and5rhymeandlines3and4rhyme.
• Also,lines1,2and5shouldhave7–10syllablesandlines3and4shouldhave5–
7syllables.
Source:h?ps://www.youngwriters.co.uk/types-limerick
HandoutWorksheetAstudentscompleteexercise1inpairs.
Monitorstudentsclosely,ifnecessarypointoutrhymingwordsandhelpwith
pronunciaNon.EncouragestudentstolookatthenarraNveofthepoem,aswellas
pracNsingthelinesoutloud.
ItishelpfulforstudentstosaywordsoutloudwhencompleNngpronunciaNonacNviNes,
thiswillhelpwitharNculaNonofindividualsoundsandwords.
Answers(1)
TherewasanoldmanfromPeru
WhodreamthewaseaNnghisshoe
Heawokeinthenight
Inaterriblefright
Andfounditwasperfectlytrue
Forexercise2,readalimericktostudentsbutreplacethewordswith‘dada’.Thereshould
benowords,only‘dada’soundstohelpwithpronunciaNon.AlternaNvely,usethislink:
h?p://www.onestopenglish.com/5546.file
AskstudentstopracNsethe‘dada’pa?ernORclaptheLimerickstresspa?ern
Studentslistenandcompleteexercises3–4.
Answers:(3) 3a.5 Answers(4)
TherewasanoldmanfromPeru
Whodreamthewaseatinghisshoe
Heawokeinthenight
Inaterriblefright
Andfounditwasperfectlytrue
3b.1,2&5and3&4
3c.3,3,2,2,3
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TeacherNotes&AnswerKey
SECTION2:WriteyourownLimericks(25mins)
Source:CampbellF,CreedP,MasseyD.ClockwiseIntermediateTeacher’sResourcePack.OUP.
WorksheetA
1.Workwithapartner.PuttheselinesintherightordertomakeaLimerick
Inaterriblefright
TherewasanoldmanfromPeru
Andfounditwasperfectlytrue
Heawokeinthenight
WhodreamthewaseaNnghisshoe
WriteyourLimerickHere
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UnderstandingRhythm&Stress
2.AllLimerickssharesimilarstresspaDerns,listentothestresspaDernforaLimerick.
3.Workwithapartner.PracHsesayingtheLimerickfromexercise1,thenanswer
quesHonsa-C
a.Howmanylinesarethereinalimerick? b.Whichlinesrhyme?
c.Howmanystressedwordsorsoundsarethereineachline?
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4.LookattheLimerickinexercise1,underlinethestressedsyllables.
Tip-ThemainstresssomeNmesfallsonpartofaword,notthewholeword.
Source:Limerick:h?p://examples.yourdicNonary.com/limerick-examples.html
WorksheetB
WhichadjecHveshavethesamerhymingpaDern?
MatchadjecHvesfrom1–9witha–i
A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
B
amusing
Boring
talking
entertaining
exciNng
worrying
Flying
Kissing
sharing
/əˈmju:zɪŋ/
/ˈbɔ:rɪŋ/
/ˈtɔ:kɪŋ/
/entəˈteɪnɪŋ/
/ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/
/ˈwʌri:jɪŋ/
/ˈflaɪɪŋ/
/ˈkɪsɪŋ/
/ˈʃeərɪŋ/
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
dying
hurrying
missing
explaining
snoring
confusing
comparing
inviNng
walking
/ˈdaɪɪŋ/
/ˈhʌri:ɪŋ/
/ˈmɪsɪŋ/
/ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ/
/ˈsnɔ:rɪŋ/
/kɒnˈru:zɪŋ/
/kəmˈpeərɪŋ/
/ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ/
/ˈwɔ:kɪŋ/
UsethewordsfromthetableabovetomakeyourownLimerick
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Source:AcNvityadapted
from:CampbellF,CreedP,
MasseyD.Clockwise
IntermediateTeacher’s
ResourcePack.OUP.