Rhyming Couplets
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Skills: Level: Class Size: | Writing Intermediate - Advance No limit |
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| Materials: | Paper and Pencil |
Objective
In Rhyming Couplets players take turns writing a series of verses to form a ridiculous poem.
See Also: rhyming activity
Instructions
Rhyming couplets are the simplest form of rhyme in English literature. It is snappy, has a consistent meter and the last words at the end of each line usually rhymes.
1. Pass around the class a large piece of paper. The first player writes rhyming couplets on the first two lines, but he/she only writes half a sentence on the third line.
2. Next, the player carefully folds the paper so that the first two rhyming couplets are covered, and that only the third line is visible. He/she passes the paper to the next player who completes the third line, adds two more rhyming couplets and writes half of a third line.
Example
Mario writes his rhyming couplets:
Today, I'll dance on the street,
Because it's the day I eat red meat.
She likes to ...
He carefully folds his paper to conceal the first two lines so that only the third line is showing. He passes the paper to Kim. Kim completes Mario's line and adds her own verses:
She likes to eat at night,
Many, many turkish delights.
And when she goes ...
Kim passes the paper to the next player and so on.
3. When the paper has gone around the class, a player reads the "poem" he/she is holding.