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.

Concepts

sandra cisneros, the house on mango street, character analysis, character development, text structure, plot development, flashbacks, literary analysis, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide class members with the writing assignment and rubric at the beginning of the unit so that they may record examples in their writing journals

Classroom Considerations

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• Class members should have previous experience with how authors use text structure to advance the plot and develop characters
• The lesson is designed to address English Language Arts standards for reading literature

Pros

• Time is allotted for planning, gathering evidence, drafting, revising, and editing before the final draft is submitted
• includes an essay rubric

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.3 RL.9-10.5 W.9-10.2.b