Another top 10 list

My students are practicing description. Specifically, we're learning about sensory words, similes, and metaphors. I asked them to describe their mothers. And let me just say, these were all written in complete seriousness. Here are my top 10 favorites (each of these is by a different child):

10: Her eyes are as blue as the water in the toilet.

9: She has dark brown hair like a little puppy sitting on her head.

8: Her hair is just like a polluted cloud.

7: When she gets mad she makes weird faces like a clown.

6: Her brown glistening eyes seem as if they are poisonous cockroaches coming after you in the dark.

5: Her eyes are as brown as a bear covered in chocolate.

4: She looks like a nice, extravagant witch.

3: She is short, like a pumpkin.

2: She looks like a frog but with whiter, less warty skin.

And finally, 1:

When she starts screaming she is like a more pissed-off version of you. (no offense.)




oh, and I have to add an honorable mention. This was written by a boy:

She cute. She even cuter than Brad Pitt.