Sweet Like a ????

Today we read Michael Ondaatje's poem "Sweet Like a Crow." The students really gained an understanding of comparison/simile and were very excited about the surprising and strange associations this poem offered. The students then began to imagine how a voice might sound and came up with comparison's of their own. They had many surprising images!


Ms. Cole 6th grade


Your Voice
Kenya W.

Your voice sounds like eight dogs
barking, thunder in the sky,
a bullet hit you in eye,
one hundred owls in tree,
a tornado heading our way, two
thousand firecrackers hitting
the y sky, people dancing in a parade,
a burning house, a scary movie, a car
out of gas, a bulldozer
knocking down a building, a phone
ringing, a girl lost in a desert
crying for help, five girls jumping
on a bed.



Your Voice
Keegan O.

Your voice sounds like a high-pitched
bird in a nest on a summer morning. Your
voice is like a slave being beaten. Your
voice sounds like a windshield wiper,
wiping snow off of the windows, your
voice sounds like a hurricane
in the sky picking up speed.




Voices
Damyiss M.

Somebody’s voice sounds like
it is on a cloud, it sounds like
a snake being fed to a killer whale,
it sounds like a squirrel being eaten
by a giant crow, it sound like a
little girl screaming for help it
sounds like someone being shot, it
sounds like someone in a blizzard,
it sounds like someone biting
into a fried green tomato, it
sounds like a girl being beat,
her hair getting combed.



Ms. Harris 6th grade


Your Voice
Marquis S.

Your voice sounds like a
bed squeaking, like a horse
eating hay, like a car
riding on a flat tire,
like a boy knocking over
garbage cans, like a car
rolling over, like a baby crying,
like someone biting a piece
off an apple.



Your Voice Sounds Like
Edward S.

Your voice sound like
a fish getting cooked.
Your voice sounds like
a monkey jumping up
and down. Your voice
sounds like a cat crying.
Your voice sounds
like a dog biting. Your
voice sounds like a
fat man eating.




Her Voice
Carisma F.

Her voice sounds like a piece of fried chicken
being eaten, a tornado being brought threw
town, like a chip bag being opened, like a bitten
apple. Her voice sounds like a bird being
choked, like a basketball being bounced, like
hail coming down and hitting the windows.

Her voice sounds like a loud TV. Like a ring
tone on a phone, like two cats and two dogs
fighting. Like a gun being shot in the air,
like a bird flying in the sky. Her voice
sounds like a rooster early in the morning,
like an ambulance, like kids running
through the halls of the school.




Your Voice
Laquesha B.

Your voice sounds like a
watermelon when someone is
throwing and dropping it. Your voice
sounds like a laughing dog that
is at a talent show. Your voice sounds like
a notebook when someone opens it and flips
the pages. Your voice sound like a
big bag of chips when someone drops it
and another person steps on it. Your voice
sounds like a paper wobbling front and back
and from side to side. Your voice sounds
like a piece of pie when somebody ate the
whole thing in one bite. Your voice
sounds like a Mama hollering and telling
her children to go to bed. Your voice sounds like
a lawnmower getting stuck between houses. Your voice
sounds like two dogs and cats fighting each other.




Voice
Arrion L.

I sound like a hand clap
going across someone’s face.
I sound like a rock falling
onto the ground. I sound like
a man running from
the police. I sound like a
dog trying to get a ball.



Ms. Kessinger 6th grade


Your Voice
Eric W.

Your voice sound like trees falling and the leaves falling off
and blowing sometimes like in the Windy City
and water hitting rock. Your voice sounds like a coat zipper
that is broken. Like someone getting married.



Your Voice
Dominique B.

Your voice sounds like a
lawn mower cutting grass.

Your voice sounds like a
clock going tic-toc.

Your voice sounds like a
whale eating a fish.

Your voice sounds like a
dog running from a bath.

Your voice sounds like a
hyena scaring a baby lion.

Your voice sounds like a
daddy lion roaring.

Your voice sounds like a
1-year-old saying his ABCs.

Your voice sounds like a
dice rolling on the board.

Your voice sounds like a
sick kid.





Your Voice Sounds Like
Amia R.

Your voice sounds like
a pig screaming for
help and a rain storm.

Your voice sounds like
an elephant blowing
his horn going crazy.

Your voice sounds like
a dolphin crying
for her baby.

Your voice sounds like
a clock saying
tick tock.

Your voice sounds like
a frog trying to sing.

Emotion Personification Party

This week we read "Shame" by Nancy Casteneda and "Fear" by Tracy Waldman. The students and I discussed personification, and then made a list of some emotions we might want to explore. We talked about how, if the emotion was a person, it would look, act, etc. A few student volunteers had a good time acting this out and entering the room as their emotion. Then, they used their own powers to transform their emotion into a person via words:



Ms. Cole 6th grade
Week 12
02/14/08


Rude
written by: Ms. Cole

Rude is flippant
and inappropriate. She
smiles slyly. She
bursts on the scene
loud and boisterous
not knowing what to
do. Rude red ridiculous
ready for everything
prepared for nothing.




Joy
Louise D.

Joy is a girl who
is happy all the time, loves
to play, loves to sing, she loves
to eat hot dogs. She loves to hear
the sound of a bird singing in
the morning. Joy loves to smell good.
Joy loves to see pretty clothes.
Joy loves to feel good. Joy is
a girl who loves to be happy.




Excitement
Arquesha A.

Excitement is a child
eating ice cream, running
down a hill, playing with
other kids, having fun
in the sun. Excitement
is making cookies,
cake and other kinds
of desserts. Going
to a birthday party and
is always walking in the room
with a smile on her face.




Joy
Miguel A.

Joy is a little boy who has fun all
year round. He comes out of the sky
every day you do something good.
He has been real happy these
past few days, because you succeeded.

Joy confronts you like a friendly
dog being sensitive to you.
Joy makes you be happy and excited.

Be careful! If you are not joyful,
he’ll hunt you down and get you
to be joyful.




Ms. Harris 6th grade
Week 12
02/14/08



Scary
Rayumos H.

Scary is a man who
creeps around like a
worm. He comes out
of nowhere scaring
kids when it’s night.

Scary has a mask on
and goes into people’s
dreams and makes them
into nightmares. Scary
demands to see people
get scared or he keeps hunting
you down.

Be scared! Scary is
after you every single
night between time
and future.




Grumpy
Cleorra G.

He comes in the room and is
mad at what you do. He eats
nails and makes you grumpy.
When he walks in, he looks at
everyone with a mean look. He
will say something mean to make
you mean. Grumpy also talks
about you. You can see him
and talk to him, but if you do
make sure to pray he won’t mess
with you.



Jealousy
Da’shana W.

Jealousy is a girl who
can’t stand to see
somebody looking better
than her. She’s looking
around and making faces
at everyone she can’t stand
to see people look at her.
she’s mighty, scary,
suspicious, shy, honestly
she can be grumpy at times.
She can have joy and happiness
too, but she’s jealous of people.



Suspicious
George G.

Suspicious is a man who wears
an overcoat and a mask. He’s very quiet
and doesn’t draw attention to himself.
He’s always quiet. He sneaks up on you
and it is like he isn’t even there.
He’s quiet as a mouse. Suspicious has
secrets in his pockets. He’s like
a ghost. He eats secret recipes.



Ms. Kessinger 6th grade
Week 12
02/14/08

Worry
Deandre M.

Worry is the name
and hating is not
my game. Worry
sometimes
I worry no
time. Worry
this that
this that.
Who worry
I sure did
I love you.



Anger
Jacobi D.

Anger is a man whose skin
goes to red. Anger stands like
a bear growling at something.
Anger tastes like hot peppers.
Anger feels like hell or heat.
Anger smells like burning
wood. Anger is just anger.





Scared
Rae L.

Scared is a woman at night.
It taps your shoulder and hides behind a tree.
Scared comes out and makes you scream.
Scared eats what he calls a good old scream.
It keeps in his pocket a book of new tricks.
Scared smells like fear. Scared looks frightened.
When he comes into the room, he jumps on you.




Regret
Dawn H.

Regret is a woman who sneaks up on
you everyday. She chases you down
the street and holds tight and never
lets go--puts pressure on your back
and pulls you back as you walk, and stays
in your mind each and every day.