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Respond to the following prompt by writing an entry, poem, or vignette Has your neighborhood seemed to change at all since you were little? How so and why? For better or worse? Is it, instead, you that has changed? (Should be at least a half page)

“The Family of lIttle Feet” Summarize the story What is Cisneros implying about Esperanza and the other girls through this story? What does this chapter tell you about Mango Street?

“A Rice Sandwich” Summarize the story with your table group Then figure out: what connotations does Esperanza’s rice sandwich carry?

“Chanclas” Summarize the story with your table group Then figure out: what connotations do Esperanza’s saddle shoes carry?

Why was esperanza embarrassed in both of these stories?

“Hips” Listen, knowing you will need to be able to: Summarize the story And Infer what Cisneros means by it

What does it mean to get “Hips”?

Read “The First job” with your table group Work together to summarize the story Consider, together, how and why Esperanza got her first job and her first kiss—how does this tell you about her life?

Venn Diagram Make a triple Venn Diagram for “The Family of Little Feet”, “Hips”, and “The First Job”

Empathy the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Journal Entry Write a poem, vignette, or journal entry from Esperanza’s point of view about one of the following topics: Growing up Becoming a woman Mango Street School

Homework Read p. 56-61 (“Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark” and “Born Bad” and write a response to the following: When is silence powerful in these stories?