Inspired by Mem Fox's Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge which includes four metaphors for memory, this writing prompt asks students to think of an original abstract noun. Students will brainstorm details as they come up with ideas for four metaphors for their abstraction. Finally, students will assemble their four metaphors into an original poem.

Concepts

metaphors, poetry writing

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Additional Tags

writing metaphors, 6 traits of writing, mem fox's wilfrid gordon mcdonald partridge, northern nevada writing project, writingfix, metaphor, writing poetry

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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Common Core

L.4.5.a RL.5.4 L.5.5.a