1. Unit Three House on Mango Street

2. Standards
RI.6.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text
RI.6.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are note.
RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text

3. Optimist and Pessimist Picture Prompts By Katherine Schulten April 7, 2017 Image by Paul Rogers
Would you say you are more of a “glass is half-full” or a “glass is half-empty” type of person? That is, are you generally an optimist, someone who tends to see the positive sides of situations ---- or a pessimist, someone who more often sees the negative? Explain.

4. Perspective
Perspective- a way of thinking about something, especially one which is influenced by the type of person you are or by your experiences
Our perspectives shape everything in our lives.
Characters have perspectives that shape their lives and therefore the story.
You can’t fully understand a person or a text without analyzing the perspectives that have shaped it.

5. Sandra Cisneros’ Perspective- Jigsaw Activity
Goal-To learn about Sandra Cisneros’ background, and analyze how it contributes to the perspective from which she wrote House on Mango Street.
Read the article assigned to your group.
Annotate (interact with the text as you read) the article by doing the following
Turn title into question
Make connections (text/text, text/self, text/world) in margins
Note repeated ideas in the margins
Underline KEY INFORMATION (entire paragraphs shouldn't be underlined)
Write a paragraph summarizing your article using the 5 W’s and H
Prepare to present your information to the class!
Example:

6. House on Mango Street Main character Short, interconnected chapters
Esperanza
Struggling to grow up in Chicago's poverty-stricken south side
Short, interconnected chapters
“Lyrical narratives, vivid dialogue, and powerful descriptions”
Written in vignettes

7. Vignette
Short scene that focuses on one moment or gives insight into a character, idea, or setting
Poetic language
Simile
Metaphor
Imagery

8. House on Mango Intro Read the back cover
Look at illustrations on front and back
Look at table of contents
Flip through book

9. House on Mango Street Themes
Identity
Community / Neighborhood
Freedom / Growth
Fitting In
Coming of Age
Home / Belonging

10. Essential Theme Questions
How does environment shape our identity?
What identities, if any, are permanent and which do we have the power to change?
What roles do neighborhood and community play in shaping who we become?

11. Names
What is the personal significance of your given name (first, middle and last)?
Does your name mean different things to you, your family, and your friends?
What are your nicknames? What do your nicknames mean to you and those who call you those names?

12. “It means” (write three adjectives that describe you)
“It is the number” (write any number you want)
“It is like” (describe a color but don’t name it)
“It is” (name something you remember experiencing with family or friends)
“It is the memory of” (name a person who has been significant to you)
“Who taught me” (write two abstract concepts like “honesty”)
“When he/she” (write about something that person did)
“My name is” (“write your first name”)
“It means” (state something important you believe about life in 1-2 sentences)