"I think I'm done with the writing challenge," a student named Ben told me this morning.
I looked at my watch. "You wrote a limerick in 3 minutes?" I asked him. "Let me hear it."
He read me his poem.
I shook my head. "That's not a limerick."
"Why not?" he asked.
"It has six lines," I started, "and the rhyme scheme is supposed to be AABBA, not to mention your syllables are off."
"Oh," he sighed. "Well, I don't think I like limericks. I think this poem is fine. I like these rules that I followed."
"What rules?" I said.
"Mine!" he laughed.
"Are you saying you wrote a Benrick? I teased him. "Unfortunately, that's not the assignment!"
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