This tutorial focuses on different aspects of poetry: definitions, types of poetry with examples, and how to read, write, and analyze poetry. It includes three videos: a YouTube video of "El Guante" performing a free verse poem, a...

Part 2 of this tutorial on limerick writing demonstrates the importance of form (meter and rhyme) in limerick poetry using the exemplary and amusing work of Edward Lear.

This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage learners in writing limerick poems. An example of a limerick poem is provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for students.

Move the five limerick parts into the correct order to create a completed poem. After three examples, students are encouraged to write their own limerick.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart teaches the poetry form of a limerick. Students determine the characteristics by analyzing sample limericks for rhyming pattern, line length and stressed syllables. As assessment,...

This site tells what a limerick is and, gives a few instructions on how to write one. It also includes info on the traditions of the limerick.

This is a collection of printable cartoon and reading activities teachers can use with their younger ELL/ESL students. Materials include writing prompts, role and finger plays, limericks, and an activity on superlatives and comparatives.