Writing Limericks Examples and Worksheet

This worksheet gives basic information about limericks - what is a limerick, how is it made, what patterns does it follow? Two examples are then provided. Here is one of them…

There once was a girl called Jane,
who thought she had a really big brain.
She thought she was cool,
standing in a puddle of drool,
but really, she was just insane.

The first task involves the children highlighting the rhyming words and counting the syllables for each line.

Following this, the second task is for the children to create their own limerick. Ideas for sentence starters are provided.

The final task is for the children to swap with their friends so they can read each other’s poems and give constructive feedback.

It’s also great to have children share them with the whole class. They generally enjoy writing them, especially their silly nature and I love reading them! So long as they are not anything about cats, hats and rats… that gets a bit tiresome.