About Hands on Stanzas

Hands on Stanzas, the educational outreach program of the Poetry Center of Chicago places professional, teaching Poets in residence at Chicago Public Schools across the city. Poets teach the reading, discussion, and writing of poetry to 3 classes over the course of 20 classroom visits, typically from October through April. Students improve their reading, writing, and public speaking skills, and participating teachers report improved motivation and academic confidence. You can contact Cassie Sparkman, Director of the Hands on Stanzas program, by phone: 312.629.1665 or by email: csparkman(at)poetrycenter.org for more information.

At Burroughs Elementary School, Margaret Chapman works with Ms Rodriguez's third grade classroom, room 105 and with Mr Gonzalez and Ms Griffin's fourth grade classrooms, rooms 306 and 002.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Finding new descriptions for things

We spent one session reading and discussing Wallace Steven's fantastical description poem "Someone Puts a Pineapple Together," and during the next students tried to find their own ways to describe some other fruits and vegetables.


3rd Grade Room 105

Margaret V.
Napa Cabbage Leaf

1. a little tree
2. a baseball mask for people
3. a snake that is a baseball
4. a light tree colder than dry
5. a phone to call people when you're far away
6. a bush of lives and it has veins too
7. a mouth mask

Favian G.
Asparagus

The crown is being held by the knight
The bean stalk is growing
The torch is on fire

Sienna J.
Celery

1. A tree trunk is coming out from the
ground. A beautiful tree is up in the
sky. The tree has beautiful green leaves.
2. I see a shooting meteor.
It is landing on earth. I see fire.
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