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. Mitchell 5th grade


My Voice
Rafael V.

My voice sounds like some
one baking nice warm bread.
My voice sound like some
one jumping in fifty thousand
dollars. My voice sounds like
nice wood getting burned.



My Voice
Malia C.

My voice sounds like
cash money saying: I’m
rich I’m rich. You’re
broke, you’re broke.
My voice sounds like
some ice cream with three
cherries on top.



Sweet Like a Bat
Thalia V.

Your voice sound like a
huge chocolate bar being crunched
into tiny tiny pieces with
your foot like someone has just
squished your toe, like
wind blowing with flowers
straight behind, a butterfly
turning into a caterpillar and being swept
away. Oh. Oh. Like a kitten
swimming in a Jacuzzi. Oh yeah!



My Voice
Arniece W.

My voice sounds like a pretty red diamond sparkling
and glowing.

Like someone making a chocolate fountain in their mouth
going down like a chocolate river, like a dark
purple and white butterfly flying high.

Like chile cheese fries with cheese, bacon bitties
and others, like a really mean, angry monkey
throwing bananas everywhere and swinging
from tree to tree.

Like my best friend and a squirrel getting in a
fight.




Ms. Kennedy 5th grade


My Voice
Michaela C.

My voice sounds like an elephant
hollering for help. And a sound
of waving water. A toaster when
toast comes out of it. A sound of
candles melting, and a brilliant
thunderstorm rattling. A sound
of washing machines when
the clothes are twirling. It sounds
like people chewing on gum really
hard.



Your Voice
Roxana A.

Your voice sounds
like a cat taking a
shower in the toilet.
A rooster being
beat up. Your voice
is like a mirror being
broken by a huge rock.
A monkey doing the
bathroom in the zoo.
You sound like a little
munchkin being followed
by a cheetah.



Her Voice Sounds . . .
Alan R.

Her voice sounds like a
toilet flushing,
like a monkey trapped in a
cage.
Like a fire alarm in your house.
Her voice is like paper crunching
on the floor.
Like a train whistling,
like a bee in your ear.
Her voice is like an airplane
passing by your house.
Like a mom in the hospital
having a baby and screaming.
Like a baby crying for help.




Ms. Schaeffer 5th grade


Your Voice
Vanessa E.

Your voice sounds like a screaming
pig, a ruler falling,
a choking squirrel,
you eating frosted flakes,
like scratching on the chalk board,
the school bell,
the sound of a timer,
maybe your voice sounds like stomping
feet,
a singing chipmunk,
falling pencils,
like a big storm,
but of course, when you go to
sleep, you snore.



Your Voice
Ricardo V.

Your voice sounds like a person jumping off
a cliff, like a man was pushing you
off the cliff, like someone eating corn flakes,
an airplane crashing, like waves, a waterfall,
an old lady screaming, like the sound when I
pick my nose. Your voice sounds like someone
vomiting. Your voice sounds like a hippie person
dancing to the Eighties and your voice sounds
really wonderful.



My Voice
Luis M.

My voice sounds like a train whistle and smooth,
or a cave when you speak and your voice gets
louder then lower and sounds like a fish
making bubbles and it sounds like a bell
from a church and the voice sounds like a squirrel
chirping and sounds like frosted flakes
being smushed by a car.