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Monday, December 5, 2011

Our Class Simile Poems

My a.m. class wrote the following poem this morning using similes, humor, and rhythm. Enjoy!

Walmart
As chaotic as a zoo,
As gigantic as an airport,
As filthy as a bathroom,
As full of crazies as an insane asylum,
As packed with toys as the North Pole,
With lines longer than a Burmese Python....
That's Walmart.

And here is my p.m. class's poem:

AMC Theater
As big as the North Pole,
As loud as a cannon's roar,
As frigid as the Alaskan tundra,
As messy as my bedroom,
As exciting as an earthquake,
With floors as sticky as tar,
That's AMC Theater.

8 comments:

  1. You have great taste i've read 7 of your recommended books

    YOUR THE BEST TEACHER EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. You have great taste i've read 7 of your recommended books

    YOUR THE BEST TEACHER EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  3. You have improved my reading ability a lot. I read through what I've wrote in the beginning of the year to the end of the year and I saw huge improvements. You are the best teacher I've ever had in school because my reading ability improved the most during this year!!! Thanks for teaching us!!!

    Archie

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    1. Hi Archie! You made my day. You came to 5th grade with awesome skills, and you followed directions so well. That combination of brains and the desire to learn is unstoppable. I expect to hear great things about you in the future.

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  4. What happened to gravestigers.wikispaces.com?

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  5. Dear "Hello",
    I am sorry, but I had to take the page down.

    Since the page can be edited by students, I can't leave it up forever, because I am responsible for policing the content. In other words, if a former student of mine put something inappropriate on there, I would be in trouble!
    Sincerely,

    I'm sorry if you didn't get to print your fictional story, but I thought we discussed this in class.

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  6. I've read "A Wrinkle in Time", and it was ok. The characters aren't that developed, and Calvin's character was bad. The ending sucked because I didn't really get Meg's feelings to Charles to defend IT. All she says is that I love you Charles, I love you Charles. I'm not sure if she meant it or not. I recommend to people if they are just bored and love Sci-Fi.

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Mrs. Graves' Favorite Books

  • A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park
  • Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer
  • Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • Bunnicula, by James Howe
  • Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine
  • Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh
  • Harry Potter 1-7, by J.K.Rowling
  • Holes, by Lois Sachar
  • Knee-Knock Rise, by Natalie Babbitt
  • Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
  • Peak, by Roland Smith
  • Slob, by Ellen Potter
  • Standing in the Light, Dear America series
  • The Egypt Game, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
  • The Great Brain series, by John D. Fitzgerald
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
  • The Winter of Red Snow, Dear America Series
  • Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt
  • Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls