"A twimerick is a limerick and a tongue twister all rolled into one (xii)." This book is filled with challenging twimericks for students to read and try to read as fast as they can. Lou Brooks provides the reader with clear definitions of limericks, tongue twisters, and twimericks so that there is no confusion. This collection of poems will get students thinking about poetry in a positive way as well as get them thinking about their own poetry.
Theme: Students will learn about poetry (limericks) through challenging themselves with tongue twisters.
About the Author:
Lou Brooks has been illustrating for a long time. When he came up with the idea to write twimericks, he was simple writing. Lou Brooks had not come up with the title and did not know that it would end up being a book. By publishing this book, Brooks wanted to show the world that poetry is fun.
Lou Brooks has been illustrating for a long time. When he came up with the idea to write twimericks, he was simple writing. Lou Brooks had not come up with the title and did not know that it would end up being a book. By publishing this book, Brooks wanted to show the world that poetry is fun.
Pre-Reading Activities:
Ask students: What do you think a twimerick is? What is a tongue twister? What is a limerick?
After these discussions, the teacher should introduce limericks and their individual qualities.
Post Reading Activities:
Have students create their own limerick and challenge them to by having them make it a twimerick. These can all be compiled to make a class book.
Ask students: What do you think a twimerick is? What is a tongue twister? What is a limerick?
After these discussions, the teacher should introduce limericks and their individual qualities.
Post Reading Activities:
Have students create their own limerick and challenge them to by having them make it a twimerick. These can all be compiled to make a class book.
I love the look of this book because it seems very fun and silly to bring into a classroom. Books like these keep students interested in reading, and also kind of force them to really slow down and concentrate on the words because they are tongue twisters. It would be interesting to make it into a friendly competition to see who in the class could say one of the limericks fastest and also the most accurate. (:
ReplyDeleteI liked this book a lot. I think the kids would really like it because it's fun and on the silly side and they would like to recite it and try to work their way around the twisters. I like the idea of the kids making their own tongue twisters; it would put their minds to the test and they could have their family members read them and have their minds twisted!
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