Introductions September 28
For our first week the students looked at "Sonnet" by Dante Alighieri and we talked about all of the wonderful places they could go if they had a magic boat of their own. Read on and see the interesting places they traveled.
Ms. Jaurigue
Flying with Friends
by Deivies R.
Alex, I wish that you and Kyle and I
were carried off by magic
And put in Ice Cream Land, and every
time there was melted ice cream we
would drink it till it was gone.
Dante, Kyle and I would play ice cream
ball fight on till it headed Midnight.
We would sleep on the Ice cold floor
till Midnight was over.
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by Husana A.
Jenny, I wish that you and Miriam and I
Were carried off by magic to shoppingland.
And put in a ship, every time there was a
breezy wind, would sail on the ocean
exactly where we wanted which is shoppingland.
In this way storms and other dangerous
weather like snow wouldn’t be able to
harm us. And I wish that, since we all
were of one mind, we’d go on wanting
more and more to be together as best friends.
And I wish that Ariel and Yahaira too,
All five of us would go on a shopping
spree and buy shoes, clothes, cosmetics,
jewelry, and perfume.
And I wish that we all did nothing but
talk about us being best friends and shopping
And I wish that they were just as glad
to be there
As I believe the five of us would be.
The Good Drifter
by Alfredo R.
Davin, I wish that you and Jorge and I
were carried off by magic to an obstacle course so we could
race with my nissan 350 with turbo 2 against Devin, Jorge
Raul De la Cruz, Raphael.
I’m ready to race so is everybody else we each went through the
loop of fire, and then we went through the ramp of flame, where flames
come flying to the sky and then we had to drive under
the strings of fire then jump over the tank of water filled with water
and sharks.
The Magic Land
by Miriam
I wish that Jasmine, Husana and I
were carried out by magic to
a mystical land called the shimmery waters.
It will be filled with clear blue water.
It will be the most peaceful and sweet place.
In the land nothing can hurt us
The land will be filled with candy and big oceans
Everything will be made of candy.
It will be the most beautiful place ever
It will be sweet and pretty forever
We’ll all just sit there and talk
we’ll be best friends forever.
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by Patrick
Bob, I wish that you and Cain and I
were carried off by magic. . . .
In a boat made of cotton candy, and candy
canes with gum filled cannons, “Aye ye
pirates are coming” said first mate Bob, sailing
on the ocean, chocolate. Then a hail of jawbreakers
started raining literally. Man the jawbreakers
fill it with powder. Aye captain fire on
the pirates we hit the main sail!
Aah. . . The pirates were wounded but
boarded the ship. I can’t believe there going to make
us walk our own plank. Easy with the
candy Ahh!! We fall into the depths.
Wake up on the famous gum drop island
and we disappear on an uncharted island.
Ms. Mays
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by Yahaira C.
Noemi, I wish that you
and Sady and Nat and Ruby and I
were carried off by magic to
bestfriends land. We will
do everything together and
the place will be pink and
blue all around and people
will be nice and no people
will separate our friendship.
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by Ismael O.
Kevin, I wish that you and Jorge and I
were carried off by magic
and go to wrestle land where there be a lot
of opponents to face each time.
And so for each day we wake up
we need to prepare to fight
And I wish we could be able to see
all professional wrestlers each day.
And I wish that Kevin and Jorge and
the boy on the list of the classroom
number nine could come too on wrestle land.
And that we all did nothing but to fight
and fight all day and that will make us
very happy.
Magic Boat
by Jovanny O.
Migel, I wish that you and Jorge
and I were carried off by magic
to a huge water park and
swim in the wavepool and
get on water rides because
I love water rides. And when
we get in the wave
pool then the waves come
Then we could eat
funnel cake. And we would
get on the log ride
it goes really high and
it drops hard. Then we go
home.
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Yesenia J.
I wish that Carmen and Yadria and
I were carried off by magic to chocolate land.
In Chocolate land my friends and
I would swim in chocolate and
eat at the same time until
we got sick of chocolate. And
when we’re sick we’ll drink
chocolate medicine.
Our bed would be chocolate
everything would be chocolate
even the book.
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by Alicia H.
Miriam, I wish that you Jonathan and I
were carried off by magic
And wish we could go to Puerto Rico
where we could cruise around, looking
at everything beautiful.
We would swim and play, eat, visit
family members, explore Puerto Rico
Have lots of fun, it would be great.
Take pictures, send them off
And I wish Taneisha and Constance came too.
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by Ruby E. T.
Miley, I wish that you and
Jazmine and I were carried off by
magic to Mexico.
So we can play together
get wet in the pools in Mexico eat
Mexican food. Go to the Parks
go shopping eat snacks do anything
we want to do anything sleep for
5-10 hours. Eat candy, fast food.
Play any kinds of sports. And if
Mr. Mays wants to come and Ms.
Johnson could come too to
go shopping together.
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by Adalyz M.
Oh Brenda and Elizabeth and
I. I wish we were swept
by magic to . . .
Chocolate land. Oh how we
can swim in chocolate and
eat all of it. We can eat all
the candy we want instead of
our parents saying you can not.
We do anything. Without
our parents saying to do all
these things.
Mr. Stasiak
Mario World Adventure
by Luis O.
Roxio, I wish that you and Tiger and I were
carried off by magic to Mario Brothers Land.
Roxio jumped on the Koopas, Tiger roared
at all the baby cries and shot her laser
eye beams and made them all faint and
I just jumped and crushed the bad
mushrooms.
Rockland
by Andrea M.
Julien, I wish that you and Ampy
and I were carried off by magic
to Rockland where our favorite
bands will be there. You ampy and
I will play our drums, guitars, and bass
with them and plus we can get free
concert tickets and then we can go
to their house and then live with them.
Wisconsin
by Justin V.
Dylan, I wish that you and Nicolas and I
were carried off by magic to Wisconsin Dells.
In this way we could have more fun
and get wet and go down water slides.
I wish Joey and Alex were put in
Wisconsin Dells by the magician too.
And that we did nothing but talk
about having fun and getting wet.
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.
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