On this page, write your own Take 5 poem and your own Limerick. Don’t forget to follow the Limerick rhyme scheme explained above. Follow the directions for the poems below and write 1 Take 5 poem and 1 Limerick on the next page. Remember, adding an image or picture will earn you bonus points!

Take 5 poem
Line 1: write a noun--a person, place or thing

Line 2: write 2 adjectives---words that describe the noun you used. Separate the 2 adjectives with a comma

Line 3: write 3 verbs--words that show action--that tell what the noun does

Line 4: write a thought or phrase about the noun--a short phrase

Line 5: write a synonym(means the same) for the noun or a related word

Examples:
Commercials Football
clever, unusual rough, tough
Amuse, inform, bore pass, run, tackle
Snack time! aggressive sport
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Limerick poem

Limericks have 5 lines. Lines 1,2, + 5 will rhyme together. Lines 3 and 4 will rhyme together (but will not rhyme with the other lines). Many, but not all limericks begin with “There once was a …” Each line begins with a capital letter; punctuate as needed.

Examples:

This is a young lady whose nose, There once was this teacher.
Continually prospers and grows, And oh, what a creature!
When it grew out of sight, He was interesting for sure.
She explained in a fright, His intentions so pure.
“Oh farewell to the end of my nose!” He could have been a preacher.

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich shows the human tendency to contemplate one’s past life? "but if that is so," he said to himself, "and i am leaving this life with the consciousness that i have lost all that was given me and it is impossible to rectify it—what then? " he lay on his back and began to pass his life in review in quite a new way. in the morning when he saw first his footman, then his wife, then his daughter, and then the doctor, their every word and movement confirmed to him the awful truth that had been revealed to him during the night. in them he saw himself—all that for which he had lived—and saw clearly that it was not real at all, but a terrible and huge deception which had hidden both life and death. this consciousness intensified his physical suffering tenfold. he groaned and tossed about, and pulled at his clothing which choked and stifled him. and he hated them on that account. he was given a large dose of opium and became unconscious, but at noon his sufferings began again. he drove everybody away and tossed from side to side. his wife came to him and said: "jean, my dear, do this for me. it can't do any harm and often . healthy people often do it." he opened his eyes wide. "what? take communion? why? it's unnecessary! " she began to cry. "yes, do, my dear. i'll send for our priest. he is such a nice man." "all right. very well," he muttered. when the priest came and heard his confession, ivan ilyich was softened and seemed to feel a relief from his doubts and consequently from his sufferings, and for a moment there came a ray of hope. he again began to think of the vermiform appendix and the possibility of correcting it. he received the sacrament with tears in his eyes.