Writing limericks handouts, templates, and activity sheets. Fun poetry lesson and activity for St. Patrick's or anytime! Handout on the history of limericks, what they are, how they're patterned, and how they contain figurative language like onomatopoeia, idioms, and hyperbole because they are meant to be funny. You get an original limerick by HappyEdugator as an example. Includes: Teacher and student directions, brainstorming sheet, history, writing handout, lyrical lesson on limericks, word b