1. Take out a piece of paper
Do Now:
Take out a piece of paper
or a blank sheet on iPad
Sit in alphabetical
order seats
Be ready to go with
iPads flat on your desk
when the bell rings

2. September 11, 2017
Objective: to preview The House on Mango Street through pre- reading activities
Opening: Review homework, weekend activity
Work Period: Pre-reading questions
Closing: Review answers, Multiple Intelligences test (time permitting)

3. Homework
Bring The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros to class tomorrow

4. How was your weekend?
Tell me about something you did/felt this weekend using at least one of these literary terms:
Alliteration
Assonance
End rhyme
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Personification
Ex: My boss was such a witch because she wouldn’t let me have the night off.

5. Pre-Reading Questions

6. What are your feelings regarding your name
What are your feelings regarding your name? Does it mean something different to you/your family/your friends?
5) Should parents/guardians raise their teenage girls in the same way they raise their teenage boys? Why or why not?
2) Do you think living in a house your family owns is different from living in an apartment your family rents? How so?
6) What kind of attributes makes someone an “outcast?” Why must society have outcasts?
3) In what areas of your life are you most free to do what you like? Least free?
7) What parts of your life would you like to escape?
4) Compare the experience of moving into a new house/apartment to the experience of becoming a teenager.
8) What inspires you most in life? What do you see your future holding for you?

7. Multiple Intelligences Test