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What Poems Can Do

I was so excited to get started with students at Perez Elementary in Pilsen today! I’ll be working with three classes of 7th and 8th graders and they are ready to go. I introduced […]

My City, My City!

The young poets from Ms. Zepeda’s class wrote about their towards out great City of Chicago. After reading “City City” by Marci Ridlon we discussed the good and the bad of the city. Check […]

Chicago, Good and Bad

The young poets from Ms. Murray’s 5th and 6th grade classes read and discussed the poem “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg. In the poem, Carl Sandburg describes the city of Chicago in both a positive […]

For the Love of Lyrics, Lines and Stanzas!

Today was the first day I worked with the young poets from Ms. Zepeda’s 3rd grade class at Perez Elementary School. After playing some games to get to know each other, we read the […]

Listen to the Line, Lyric, and Stanza

Today was the first day I worked with the young poets from Ms. Murray’s 5th and 6th grade classes at Perez Elementary School. After playing some games to get to know each other, we […]

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