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!
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8 comments:
There once was a teacher named Joe
Whose grammar completely lacked flow
He made his classes
Sit on their asses
And taught them what he didn’t know
By Brian Harris, Emily Muren, and Alex Rude
There once was a teacher from Blight
Who taught all his kids how to write
Though he taught and he taught
It still seemed all for naught.
He ran, and he caught the next flight.
There once was a teacher named Voss
Who was always being the boss.
Her class did what she said
They were never hand fed.
She always got her point across.
Sarah Klingler, Maddison Green, and Ken Stoner
There once was a teacher of grammar
Who beat her kids with a hammer
She drew a bad graph
That made them all laugh
And then she got thrown in the slammer.
Laura Treat, Jen Gulley, Jacob Talbert
There once was a teacher named Stan
Who spent too much time in the can
He taught very well
The kids said he was swell
Too bad he wasn’t a man.
Sharita, Heather, Melisa
There once was a man named Willy
Who thought learning grammar was silly
When he talked he sounded dumb
And grew up to be a bum
And now this bum is quite chilly
Leah West
Ashley Epps
Sharon Espina
Donald D.
There once was a teacher named Freese
And it was said her class was a breeze
But then she gave out a test
Which put the rumor to rest
That the class was not much of an ease.
I knew an old man with a stutter
Twas kicked around to the gutter
He learned how to read
With lightning fast speed
Now said kickers see him and but mutter
Raquel Maxey
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