Fun lesson we have today

Today we were taught about two kinds of rhythmic literary works, which are parody and limericks. And later we were asked to write a limerick in a group. Overall, there are eight groups formed in the class and I've copied those which are quite interesting to me. Let's have a look~~~

1) There once was a lecturer from Serdang
All the while she hoped she was in Pulau Redang
So she went there
And had an affair
That stern lecturer from Serdang

2) There once was an old man from Taiping
All this while he hoped to marry Siew Ching
So he proposed to her in town
And she coldly turned him down
That poor old man from Taiping

And our group wrote these:

1) There once was a man from West
All this while he thought he was the best
So he went for a fight
To prove himself right
But he ended up last among the rest

2) I once met a girl from UPM
Every day she slept at 4 am
But whenever she had a test
The girl just had to rest
That strange nocturnal girl from UPM

We have had fun during the class and we didn't even feel the times passed and the class ended soon. The lesson was interesting and can trigger the interest to learn among the students, even the Low English Proficiency Students. As we discussed further on about using limerick in classroom, I found that indeed there are many advantages and benefits to the students. The students can learn to respect each other through the discussion and communication as well as integration flow well among the students. I guess this can proper positive tie among the students' relationship.

Also , this activity can help the students to learn the aspect of the language such as vocabulary and grammar through a very relaxing and fun way, which will lower their level of anxiety. It is essential for an educator like us to identify various activity that can help the students in learning in which related to themselves. I will definitely try out this activity with my students in the future.