At Smyser Elementary, we learned about extended metaphors and onomatopoeias through Maya Marie Washington’s poem “Alien.” Students were tasked with writing their own extended metaphor poem where they turned into one non-human thing. Check out this week’s poems!
Mrs. Showalter’s Class
Oliver L.
If I were able to change into an object
I would be a skateboard, it’ll be fun
You know why?
I’ll be able to feel the rumble
I’ll be able to fly
Don’t be worried
I can do tricks.
Flipping around as high as I can
I get to remember the time that
I wanted to be a skateboard
Good bye!
Sofia G., “I am a Dog”
Being a dog is fun.
My owner gives me dog food.
I like to munch on my food.
My owner gives me a ball to play with.
When my owner is gone
it makes me sad.
I like to hangout with my owner.
At the end of the day
I like to sleep with my owner.
Nathan L., “I am a Dragon”
I am a dragon because
I can get super strength.
Also I can become fast and
I am the Dragon King. Also I
am brave and I can protect
myself and some other Dragons
that are weaker then some other
animals and I can roahhhhhh
so loud. Also I can breathe
fire and fly so high in
the sky with my dragon
friends.
Gabby C., “Jellyfish”
I am a felly fish I
have four to eight tentacles, but
some can have hundreds or
even thousand. Some Jellyfish,
ancient and fascinating creatures,
are over 600 million years
old, have no brain, and are mostly
water, making them a truly unique
part of the ocean’s ecosystem
Paola R., “Owl”
As silent as a mouse
As sneaky as a cat
I’m an owl
I look at the sky
where thoughts are
so high
As high as the clouds
how how how
At night
I take flight
I spy on my
prey till
the end
of the day
Valerie S., “Crayons”
I am a crayon
I love to draw
I am colorful
I can be any color you like
I draw draw draw
you can draw anything
with a crayon
you can draw a rainbow
or anything
I come in a 24 pack or
more crayons
Nathan B., “An Animal”
I am an animal but which one?
I have dots. I am tan.
I can go really fast.
I go zoom boom!
I am a cheetah.
Connor M., “I am a cannon ball”
Being a cannon ball is fun.
I can fly as high as the sun.
I can fly far.
London M., “The Sunset”
Hello I am the sunset.
I have waves I have
really nice colors and I
am going to list them to
you yellow, blue, orange, pink,
peach and purple, and I have
the sun and water as friends.
But I don’t last that long
But I am the sunset nice
to finally meet you. Stay Sunny.
Elena D., “I’m a Fruit”
I am a fruit but what kind? Great
question. I love to be plucked from trees, I have another
twin who has seeds and they are most people’s
favorite fruits some are pink, some are red you
never know which is different. What do you think
I am? A cherry I am!
Sami K., “Duck”
I’m a duck
keep your bread
safe! I say quack
when I want bread.
I love swimming and flying.
It’s just my thing.
If I don’t get my bread
Ima fly on your face.
Last of all quack, quack.
(I’m a duck)
Mrs. Przeklasa’s Class
Vanessa R., “A Heart that Knows What It’s Doing”
I am a heart I know when someone
is “in love” I know when someone
is feeling down I control how they
act. If someone is heartbroken I
can, love, and hate love is a feeling of
happiness hate is a feeling of anger
who ever someone or thing is I can
know how your feeling and all I ever
want is that everyone can feel love
for once and finds a friend that
actually deserves their love and their
gifts when you love or hate, you
will always find your soulmate but
the first thing you should be worrying
about is your life and the ones
that actually care about you a lot.
Julio B., “Coal from Dandy’s World”
I am Coal.
I can bark.
I also fart.
My paws are so fast.
You can not go up to your last.
I am a beast.
I can feast.
And for last,
I am CUTE
Oh yeah and if you hit me,
I will bark at you like this,
BARK BARK !!!
Aalaya M., “Seals 4 Ever”
I am a seal. I live in
Antartica. I eat penguins and fish
all day. I stay warm because of
my blubber. I can swim and
jump in water. *splash* I can
bounce really high. *boing*
Chelsea L., “Life of a Dino Nuggie! Raur!
I’m a stale Dino Nugget
too stale to eat
I’ll never see my defeat
just chillin’ in the freezer
throw me in the trash
more foodie friends for me
to try to eat me
crack!
goes your tooth
be careful around me
I’m as fierce as a real t-rex could be
I wake up
just a couple dreams
I’m sad but then my face beams
I’ll just go back to sleep
I may still be human but
I’m still a Dino at the core.
Josiah R.
I will want to be a lion because
I will like to be in the heat
because I am a beast and a feast
You can’t see me because I am
a beast and I like to eat but
that’s my least
Isaac J., “I am a Piano”
I am a piano, I can make a majestic sound
I am a piano, I’m so lucky that I get a free
massage every single day.
I am a piano, when the pianist leaves, I am guessing
which song is going to be played next.
BOOM! BANG! Oh? Sorry that’s just my “friendly”
pianist.
I am a piano, the next time the “friendly” pianist
messes up they’ll probably have to get another
piano.
I am a piano, I’m slowly starting to break
because of this outrageous man.
I am a piano, I don’t even work anymore my new
entitlement is now “furniture.”
Sara D., “Yatta from Dandy’s World”
I’m too cheery
You can’t fear me
Chomp, Chomp,
Yummy candy
I’m so colorful
My tummy’s so full
Vadym B., “Kuni Kuni”
I AM KUNI GAMI. I am Vadym’s
favorite character and I break ankles
I’m very good at defending in soccer
slash slash I’m very fast too
brrrrhehehe
Alyssa C., “The Beautiful Sand”
I am The Sand.
I can be on the beach 24/7.
The water is so relaxing
to my ears “splash,” “splosh”
I am pretty in all colors.
I can hear all the kids having fun and playing.
I can be in all different shapes like
castles and scaly mermaids.
And lastly what I love
Most is when the
kids knock the castles down.
Sviastoslav R., “Monkey”
I am monkey
because monkey can
jump and climb on the tree
and also monkey can sit on the
tree and chill, and saying huhuaaaaa
Mrs. Edwards’ Class
Evelyn M., “What Am I”
I am a star
I live so high in the sky
I’m a twinkle in your eye
I shine so bright
I am the light of the night
little explosions is how I form
Boom
Bam
Beauty is born
I am a wolf
I howl at the moon
I run with my allies
looking for food
Crunch
Chew
Swallow
The commotion comes to an end
Then we play tag until we are dead
I am a squirrel
I run and I jump
I climb trees
and run from bees
Squeak! Run!
One day the fun is done
Ty C., “Basketball is Cool”
I am a basketball
I can bounce so high
My ball has a lot of air
it can go in the sky
My lines are dark black
I could make a game winning
swish
The other team missed so
bad it hit someone’s hit and they
got hurt
I’d call for a screen to
hit a jump shot
on a fast break I can make
a 360 lay up or between
Naomi P., “The Sloth”
I am so slow
I am so low
and in the
trees I’m so sleepy
And when you see
me being sleepy
you will see that
Ima creepy
And I will be
climbing some trees
while I make
some good reliefs
and will be on
my knees
Ana M., “Glasses and Glasses”
Glasses help people see
Glasses don’t mean anything
Glasses can be cool
And they can come in different
colors. They can be big, small
sunglasses or regular glasses
And when I clean my glasses
it makes a noise like squeak
squeak.
Alberto F., “Penguins”
Sliding on my
stomach #swish
Eating fish my favorite
#mmm
the best penguins
ever lived
being on ice oh no
#slip
oh no I’m in the water!!
We have fur I’m good
It’s not cold
people say it’s cold
it’s only -5 degrees
but in the water
-15 degrees I wish
it was -30
my colors I am
very picky
white and black
in patterns hurts
my head
I wish I got red
Jayla D., “Plant”
I am a plant. I can grow so fast that
I can be as tall as a palm tree.
I am a plant.
I can swish like you
wave.
Gustavo O., “Invisible Cloak”
I’m an invisible cloak
You can’t see me
but I can see you
I can feel you but
You can’t feel me
When you think I’m
near you, you hear
me you hear, swoosh
FFFFFFFF, am a
giant mystery that no
one knows
