December 14

Today I brought in a poem by W.D. Snodgrass titled "Tulips." We once again worked on description, simile and metaphor. After discussing the poem I presented the students with vibrant photographs of Orchids and they wrote what they saw. They are really catching onto these concepts.

Ms. Jaurigue

An Orchid
by Julian S.

An orchid looks like
a bat flapping its wings,
or a cheetah running to
get its prey or monkeys
on a rope holding it
with its tail or a banana
with black spots, or a person
sitting down in a red chair,
or a cheese with black
spots, or maybe a starfish,
or maybe a pufferfish.


The Orchids
by Fatima T.

The orchid looks like a cheetah. It also
looks like a chocolate chip cookie. It also looks
like a small banana. The orchid is a necklace
from limbo. It looks like a bat. The orchid
looks like a tortilla from the petals.
It looks like a shoe. The orchid looks
like a woman that has a dress. It also looks
like a mermaid. The orchid that has stripes
from a tiger and a cat. The orchid looks like
an ornament from a Christmas tree.
The orchid looks like a ballerina.


Orchid
by Karina B.

A butterfly coming out
of its caccoon.
To find a new adventure

A cheetah getting
ready to attack his
prey.

A bunch of people
on a rollercoaster
screaming for their lives.

A tiny baby
that is barely born
Ready to look into the
world.


Mr. Stasiak


Orchids Are Great
by Pedro G.

Orchids are great, just like a gate
The green buds protect it. As monkeys
like to climb it. I have said it many
times, orchids are great. Its leaves like
potato skins, are as fruitful as its
green fins. Which leaves that later
on fly with ease. It’s a brige like
many people would cross. Its color
of green moss.


The Orchids
by Arely G.

Orchids you look like an egg. The egg with
black spots. The egg with black spots is opening
up.

Orchids you look like people walking
on the sidewalk. Orchids you look like monkeys
hanging in the leave of a forest only on color
yellow green.

Orchids you look like stars. Orchid you look
like a tiger with stripes. Orchids you look
like three stars in the sky.


Orchids
by Jeremiah E.

That flower looks like a giraffe inside
out. This flower looks like a pumpkinhead. This
flower looks like a Mario Galaxy or a
Donkey Kong vine

Ms. Mays

The Orchids
by Michael A.

It looks like
a zebra by
the color.
It looks like
ants that take
snakes. It looks
like mushrooms
that have color
of points. It looks
like a bird that
screams a lot. It
looks like a bat
with purple blood.
It looks like an
angel sitting down.
It looks like
a yellow pumpkin.


The Orchids
by Jonathan A.

1. Like a fish, star and flare.

2. Like orchids.

3. Seaweed.

4. It has points and with seed and flower.

5. Theres looks like a duck talking inside the flowers and ponds and it has feathers.

6. It looks like a bat and he flies.

7. It looks like people sitting down in the flowers.

8. It looks like a big rock inside.


My Mind
by Pablo R.

It reminds me of frogs climbing.

It reminds me of lots of bones.

It reminds me of a weird brain.

It reminds me of snakes trying to fly.

It reminds me of when bats were flying.

It reminds me of when I saw lava once.


The Scary Things
by Andrew R.

What I think about
the flowers that are
shaped like a star and
they are on vines, is that
they look like sea stars
that are on glass looking out.

What I think about
the flowers that are
shaped like an animal
is that it looks like a
bat and it also looks like
a scary monster.

What I think about the
flower that is shaped like
a person is that she isn’t
wearing ant clothes and she
is sitting on a chair.

November 30

This week I brought along an excerpt the poem "Someone Puts a Pineapple Together" by Wallace Stevens and we continued working on description, simile and metaphor. After discussing the poem I had the students close their eyes then reopen them after I pulled out an artichoke. They had to immediately write down what they saw. Then they closed their eyes and I repositioned the artichoke and they again wrote down what they saw upon opening their eyes. They came up with some really fantastic ideas.


Ms. Jaurigue

Ways to see how Artichoke looks
by Julian S.

It stands like a palm tree.
It sleeps like a bat with thousands of wings.
It looks like a turkey without the feet and back of its feathers.
It looks like a porcupine without its feet.
It looks like a fallen palm tree.
It looks like a volcano bursting lava down you.
It looks like a flame gun in front of me bursting.
It looks like a cactus.


Artichoke
by Melissa V.

Like a flower sprouting
Particularly like a coconut hanging from a tree
different kinds of shapes
It looks like a bunch of little bananas.
A lettuce open in half.


How does the Artichoke Look!!
by Fatima T.

It looks like a tree. It looks
like a banana peel that is closed as you spin
it. It looks like a flower that is
closed and you could only see the bottom
part that is green. It looks
like a rocketship that is going to blast off.
The vegetable looks like a person is
using it like soap. It also looks
like a cat closing his arm. It looks
like a lollipop. It also looks like a
flashlight.


Mr. Stasiak

Different Artichoke Ways
by Nancy V.

It looks like a tree!
It looks like an apple.
It looks like an arrow.
It looks like a rose.
It looks like the leaves of a flower.
It looks like a shooting star.


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by Alex O.

A green sun.
A hand with green hair and a green apple.
A small rocket with a green fire coming out.
A green nice rose for a girl.
A small pig’s nose.

Like a shooting star coming down for me.


Artichokes
by Diane T.

What I think it looks like if it is a tree with green leaves.
It looks like a toy that spins and its shape is like a nut.
It looks like it was pointing somewhere or showing you a direction to go.
It looks like a rose that is colored green.
It looks like the bottom of a flower.
It looks like a shooting star.


Ms. Mays

The Artichoke
by Jocelyn C.

It looks like a tree
with leaves coming out.

It looks like a pineapple
upside down.

It looks like a flower
opening and closing.

It looks like a bird with
its wings flying everywhere.

It looks like a four petal flower.

It looks like a palm tree sideways.


The Artichoke
by Fernando V.

It looks like a tree with big leaves
and it reminds me of my tree
at my old house.

Now it looks like bananas hanging from a tree.

Now it looks like a flower.

Not it looks like a rocket.

Now it looks like an animal
with its tongue out.

Now it looks like an animal in
different directions.


Artichoke
by Yadira A.

The tree with its leaves
pointy and green.

The acorn the squirrel
might eat.

Acorn barely coming out
of its seed.

The waves floating.

A beautiful green flower.

The leaves of a sideways pineapple.