Rosario castellanos elementary school

This week we read Ex-Basketball Player, by John Updike. The students and I diagrammed the stanzas of the poem to examine how Updike structures his story.

Then, the students picked their own characters, their own story and used Updike's structure to write the poem. Here are some great examples:

From Ms. Gonzalez's Class:

Ex-Soccer Player
by Jenny Romero

Karlov Avenue walks past
an elementary school lot, still
walks 2 blocks away from
the school, then stops, cuts
off in a restaurant and walks
1 block more, to Karlov & 28th
Avenue.

The Three Brothers
Carwash building, it's on
a corner facing south, and there
is where most days, you'll find
Antonio, who helps Ruben out.

Antonio always sees cars, sponges
and hoses.

Rosario Castellanos Elementary School.

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Rosario Castellanos Elementary School is a regular public school.

Overview.

21 were here.

Their hands always
going so fast, he always makes O's
on the windows to clean them. He
also plays with sponges--more of a
soccer type.

Once Antonio played for the
high school team, the Red Bulls.
He was so good, in fact he was the
best player on the team.

In twenty-
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