To introduce comparison, the students and I read "Fog" by Carl Sandburg. We had a great discussion about how one thing can be/become another thing. Then, I made a few symmetrical paint blots to help the students discover their own "metaphor magic" to transform one thing into another. See their amazing poems:
Ms. Cole 6th grade
Paint
Kenya W.
This is a spaceship taking up
in the air.
A turkey to share.
This is some flowers in this
beautiful vase.
This is a person’s ribs.
Paint Blues
Lannell F.
The paintings look like a
rocket blasting off, and a robot
on a toilet and a baby looking
like a roach.
Pots Paint
William D.
First it was a plain
paper, then it was an
x-ray of the inside of
someone, then it was a
flower in a vase, now it’s
a skeleton with flippers.
Ms. Harris 6th grade
Heart
Michael B.
What I see is
two people taking
out someone’s
heart. The people are
blue. And the heart
is black and red.
Splash!
George G.
The paint is like
a man with a mustache,
big red lips, and a blue head.
Or an African mask, or maybe
it is a mouse with black hair
feasting on spaghetti.
Mr. Confusion
Jermel H.
The painting is blurry,
staring, and curvy.
Mr. Confusion is blue,
his mustache is black,
and his beard is red
and as big as his head.
Mr. Confusion is dreamy, but
chubby and lazy, crazy.
He’s the blue man.
Ms. Kessinger 6th grade
What is Paint?
Dominique B.
Paint is a polar bear
with blue and white fur.
Paint is a house on a
lost island.
Paint is a sword going
through a teddy bear.
Paint is two bears
on V-day.
Paint Dreams
Terry C.
I see a bear running
through the woods fast
as lightening. A bear
no one has ever seen in life,
but in a dream. The art
of paint becomes real in
dreams. That is my paint
dream.
Paint
Virginia E.
The paint comes as an Indian
woman that can look
all over Chicago and
it can stand in front
of our face and keep
moving.
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