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.