For our 4th week with Waters, we revisited the simile. I say revisited since I worked with most of these students last year, and we’ve reviewed the simile before. This time, I was inspired by a Larry O. Dean lesson using Harryette Mullen’s “Wipe That Smile Off Your Aphasia.” We talked about what aphasia is – a language disorder is – and how it shows up in Mullen’s poem. Then students wrote their own simile poems of much sense and of no sense. Enjoy below!
aphasia is pineapple platypus waterbottle
by Milo M.
as pencil as fermented spider eye
as dishwasher as blender
as sport as batman
as platypus as pineapple waterbottle
as child as depression
as fog as zebra
as pizza as toilet
as TV as playground
as bed as dog
as rainbow as cloudwatching
as beautiful as rabies with dogs
as man as pink
as king as universal studios
as iron as month
as aphasia as pimple platypus waterbottle
Chill guy for real for real
by Daniela B.
As block as blast
as knee surgery as Simon
as chill as guy
as fermented as one piece
as crib as pizza
as baby as oven
as goated as three hundred seventy eight
as beer as dog
As If
by Oliver R.
bed as if chicken
pencil as if steak
binder as if dog
desk as if sink
pig as if cheese
paper as if beans
shelf as if papaya
pizza as if snail
snake as if lights
frog as if comforter
cat as if door
fish as if pasta
shower as if folder
window as if turke
human as if rice
fish as if clock
horse as if assignment
chair as if eraser
paper as if water
Family
by Theda S.
Papa as papa Tao
Funny person as Sydney
grounded as papa Tao
granddaughters as Oliver, Chris & Ronan
KSI as the screen as the ring as the pen as the king
as the mystery girl (Syndey)
as taco as Chris
as Hailey Welch podcast
as hot as Aria
as diary as family
as Theda as profile picture
as massive as low taper fade
as grinch as knee surgery
as fast as IShowSpeed
as mint
as family as fire
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