Jill+Maisch

Metaphors

**Our school, Rocky Hill Middle School, is like a cell because...**

 * Our school has the **main office ** which controls the day-to-day operations of the school just as a cell has the **nucleus** that controls all the cell's functions.
 * Our school has **brick outer walls ** with doors - this encloses the building and allows students to enter and leave. A cell has a **cell membrane** that encloses the cell and allows certain materials to go into and out of the cell.
 * Our school has **hallways** that allow movement from one place to another just as a cell has the **endoplasmic reticulum** that materials move along as they go from one part of the cell to another.