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Exploring Thematic Motifs in The House on Mango Street
Explore identity and community through an expository essay based on The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. This two-week unit on writing an essay provides a brief description of each day and all of the worksheets and...
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Cloze Reading: The House on Mango Street
An advocate of cloze reading? “Marin”, a chapter from Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street, is used as the basis of a cloze reading exercise. An answer sheet is provided.
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The House on Mango Street List 1 Worksheet
As your class begins Sandra Cisneros's coming-of-age novel, The House on Mango Street, provide them with some vocabulary help! This two-page resource introduces 20 unfamiliar words to get your class started with. Example words include...
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The House on Mango Street Vocabulary List 2 Worksheet
Words drawn from The House on Mango Street are used in two vocabulary exercises. Readers answer questions and complete sentences using Cisneros’s words.
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The House on Mango Street Activity Pack
Enrich a unit on The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros with a selection of related activities. The packet contains nine activities that go from pre-reading through wrapping up the novel. Young readers work on studying...
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The House on Mango Street: Question Answer Relationships Strategy
Good readers question text as they read. The Question Answer Relationships Strategy (QAR) used in this resource with The House on Mango Street, provides readers with a concrete approach for questioning Sandra Cisneros' text and...
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The House on Mango Street: Vocabulary Word Squares
Chanclas, muerto, cuando. Spanish words are plentiful in The House on Mango Street and may be unfamiliar to many readers. A vocabulary words squares activity will help kids remember the meaning of these words and add to their...
Literacy Design Collaborative
The House on Mango Street
After reading Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street, class members craft an essay in which they use evidence from a variety of vignettes to demonstrate how Cisneros develops Esperanza's character.
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The House on Mango Street: Book Review
In this set of 11 worksheets on The House on Mango Street, learners complete a series of either short answer or multiple choice questions, then complete an essay assignment on each worksheet.
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The House on Mango Street: Book Review
In this set of book review/comprehension activity on The House on Mango Street, students complete 8 worksheets about various aspects of the novel. Each activity consists of short answer questions and 1 essay writing assignment.
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The House on Mango Street: Book Review
In this set of worksheets on The House on Mango Street, middle schoolers complete 8 total worksheets; each consists of a set of short answer questions followed by an essay assignment.
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The House on Mango Street Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Teacher’s Guide: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
At first glance Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street seems to be a charming collection of vignettes about a young Latina's observations about the people in her Chicago neighborhood. Developing questions that prompt readers to think...
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Figurative Language Quiz
Combining questions about figurative language and Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street, this quiz would be a good addition to your class. The majority contains questions about simile, metaphor, and personification, from...
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The House on Mango Street: Anticipation Guide
Prior to an in-class reading of "What Sally Said" and"Red Clowns," two vignettes from Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street, class members complete an anticipation guide that asks them to agree or disagree with a series of...
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The House on Mango Street: Letters/Unsent Letters
Class members conclude their reading of The House on Mango Street with an assignment that asks them to compose letters to characters using their own voices or that of another character in Cisneros' story.
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The House on Mango Street: Biopoem
Young poets demonstrate their understanding of a character from Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street by crafting a biopoem that captures the essence of this person.
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The House on Mango Street & Woman Hollering Creek & Other Stories Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions about novels and stories by Sandra Cisneros. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The House on Mango Street & Woman Hollering Creek & Other Stories - Essay Questions
In this literature activity, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions about the works of Sandra Cisneros. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the stories at the bottom of the page.
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House on Mango Street
Students complete a guided reading study and autobiographical essay for Sandra Cisneros' House on Mango Street. For this literary analysis lesson, students read the novel, complete novel response activities, book review worksheets, and...
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House on Mango Street: Self Definition and Identity
Students analyze House on Mango Street. In this House on Mango Street lesson plan, students complete a pre-reading activity for vignettes from the story. Students follow with lessons about self definition and identity, friendships,...
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The Politics of Gender in The House on Mango Street
Students read and discuss the book, The House On Mango Street. They debate the concept of marriage, discuss the characters, and analyze key concepts of the book.
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House on Mango Street: Future Opportunities and Limitations
Students complete a literary analysis lesson for House on Mango Streetby Sandra Cisneros. In this literary analysis lesson, students read and discuss the assigned chapters and complete an open mind diagram. Students write a letter from...
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The House on Mango Street: List-Group-Label
Encourage close reading of the text and a focus on how Sandra Cisneros' develops her characters with an activity that asks teams to sort, group, and label character descriptions from The House on Mango Street.