1. Vignette Writing

2. Do Now: Write a half page or more
Describe what it was like to write a vignette
What was frustrating about it?
What was enjoyable?
What figurative language did you use the most?
Why did some topics work, while others didn’t?

3. Rotate Around the Room, Read, and C Consider:
How do these stories connect all of us?
What about them makes them feel relatable, even if we haven’t had that exact experience?
What about their language unites us?

4. Work with a partner to complete the packet on Mango Street
You’ll be:
identifying figurative language Cisneros uses
Explaining how each story describes the setting of Mango street in a different way
Explaining how the story shows how Esperanza feels about her family and the house on Mango Street

5. The Power of Language
What does Sandra Cisneros use language to do?
What are we using language to accomplish through our Mango Street Journals?

6. Homework
Read pages 23-29
Finish the packet