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60 Minute Limerick Dictation/Pronunciation Lesson

By Simon Thomas • Sep 23rd, 2008 • Category: Creating Lessons from Scratch

Note: I THINK this idea is one of my own - though, like most plans, it seems an amalgam of bits and pieces from forgotten places…
Materials: copies of the limerick below for each student; a whiteboard and pen.
Pre-lesson: prepare one copy of the following limerick for each student:
There was a young lady from Niger [...]