Day 17 - Month Metaphors
Month Metaphors: You can use a metaphor as a springboard to write a Month Metaphor poem. The format is the same as when you did writing about weather.
DIRECTIONS:
Motion Words:
DIRECTIONS:
- Choose a month -- or a season -- and picture how it would arrive if it were a person OR an animal.The list of Motion Words below may help you, or you may use another word to show how the month or season arrives.
- Add a few words to make the picture seem more complete. Tell how OR where it arrives. Use adverb or prepositional phrases. If you wish, use a thesaurus to find synonyms to replace overworked words.
- Tell something else the month or season does while it is here.
- Tell how the month or season leaves.
Motion Words:
march
stagger skip prance float tiptoe gallop hop limp hobble canter |
wobble
sneak zoom tramp dance shuffle scurry spring glide flutter lurch |
creep
stumble trot totter strut skate slide leap slink skulk crawl |
steal
bound bounce dart lope trudge plod advance drag slip saunter |
Student Examples:
JULY
trudges right in with a bang. It crawls around on the hot ground, leaps around spreading warmth, then glides right out of the way. ---Daniel Day-Lewis (Grade 6) |
SEPTEMBER
creeps in quietly and unnoticed. It just sits there waiting, watching for something to happen. Then, just a quickly as before, it creeps back out. ---Chris Pine (Grade 7) |
NOVEMBER
slides in on clouds of snow and rain. It blows away the warmth, and sneaks in the cold, then drags away. ---Zachary Quinto (Grade 8) |