Told through a series of vignettes, Esperanza Cordero narrates her life growing up as a Latina girl in a Chicago neighborhood, and her desire to grow up and leave. Selected (8) reading passages (grades 5-8) to pair with "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]

Concepts

reading connected text, sandra cisneros

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"fish cheeks" by amy tan, book-pairings, commonlit, commonlit: book pairings: "the house on mango street" by sandra cisneros, latino growing up in chicago, malala yousafzai, pakistani activist for eduation of girls, immigrants to the united states

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Practice