The winner is...

Actually, Tanner's artwork and creative sounds-like sentence for "assonance" came in a close second to Jon's artwork for "metonymy." However, it was such a loved and applauded work that my students felt it should receive kudos despite being outvoted. Jon's artwork, of course, was simply amazing.

We're going to make some changes in the future regarding how and when we vote. Because one class chose four, one chose three, and the other chose two vocabulary art pieces as finalists, some of the votes were "wasted" and a run-off should occur. Next time we'll do something similar to our voting on Wednesday to narrow down the competition, then you all can campaign for your favorite until Friday. I'll put the voting space right on the vocabulary quiz, and the final vote can happen through the quiz.

What we're looking for is more than great artwork, because clearly some of you are more talented in that area than others. We also need "stick-with-us" sorts of sounds-like sentences (Patrick's pair a' lipses and Ellie's Bang! Bang! "See ya!" come to mind. And, actually, Ellie's is just about perfect: It has a great sounds-like word, a picture that truly illustrates the sentence, and a sounds-like sentence that is not only catchy but also demonstrates an onomatopoeia) A great literary quote is good as is the presentation. I'm sure you all have noticed that clip art and random photos or even artwork for which you've matched a sentence don't do much for us. We want short snappy, memorable sentences that really do have a sounds-like word and make sense without a total stretching of our imaginations.

Go for the gold (or the dollar)!

Love,
Mrs. D