St. Patrick's Day is next week and around here we're already going green. Green with shamrocks, little leprechauns, and all sorts of Irish fun. Over on my homeschool site we've started a whole unit on such things and I thought I might share a little bit of the fun here with you.
The girls will be learning about and writing limericks during this unit. I remember writing a book of Limericks when I was in 5th grade. I still have it, somewhere. I know one starts out like this:
There once was a rat,
He was really fat,
He went to the store,
Slipped on a wet floor
As he swat a gnat.
The girls will be learning about and writing limericks during this unit. I remember writing a book of Limericks when I was in 5th grade. I still have it, somewhere. I know one starts out like this:
There once was a rat,
He was really fat,
He went to the store,
Slipped on a wet floor
As he swat a gnat.
Very deep stuff. The poems are very silly and don't make much sense, but I did manage to learn the a a b b a rule. Where the a's all rhyme and have the same number of syllables and the b's rhyme and have the same syllables.
Okay so I've been sweating over this limerick and need your help with the last line. I thought it would be fun to see what people come up with.
Once long ago was a freckled lass who loved to write,
But nowadays she’d look at her stark blank page in fright,
Interrupted by laundry, cleaning and tots left her frazzled
Gone were the days that words came quickly and left others dazzled
???
Okay friends, could you help me finish the last line of my limerick? My girls have put together a little St. Patrick's Day basket for the most creative finishing line. My husband, WB, will be picking the winning line and I'll announce it on Thursday.
Luck of the Irish to you!
