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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Sandra Cisneros' Career

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This essay offers a look at Cisneros' career and impact on American literature.
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TESL Journal

The House on Mango Street: Experiencing Poetical Prose

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What do you know about poetical prose? Experience this type of writing when you read "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros. This resource features wonderful interactive for all types of learners.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Investigating Names to Explore Personal History and Tradition

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Contains plans for six lessons that ask students to write about their names and cultural traditions using Sandra Cisneros? "The House on Mango Street" as an example. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan...
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Sandra Cisneros: The House on Mango Street

For Students 9th - 10th
Get important details and analysis about the plot, characters, and themes of Sandra Cisneros's first novel, The House on Mango Street.
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Curated OER

Sandra Cisneros

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Sandra Cisneros.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Prose Poetry Paragraphs

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Inspired by the vignettes of Sandra Cisneros, students will write about a familiar thing from their lives. Students will use the style of prose poetry to describe something familiar around their home, school or neighborhood. The final...
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: The House on Mango Street Wordlist & a Vocabulary Puzzle

For Students 9th - 10th
This page offers a The House on Mango Street wordlist and a fill-in-the-blank vocabulary puzzle.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to the House on Mango Street [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed and comprehensive mini-guide to Cisneros's novel "The House on Mango Street." Includes information about historical/biographical context, characters, study questions, chapter summaries, and post-reading activities.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Suggestions for Writing Memoirs: Visualizing Memorable Details

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using the memoir The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros as a model, young scholars focus on the details of their lives like their name and where they are from to write memoirs.
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TES Global

Blendspace: The House on Mango Street

For Students 6th - 8th
A twelve-part learning module with links to texts, websites, slides, and videos to use while reading Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: The House on Mango Street

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the Mexican-American culture by reading "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros. This novella is made up entirely of vignettes about teenage Latina, Esperanza Cordero, who struggles with her life in a Chicano and Puerto...
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Curated OER

Sandra Cisneros. Credit: Ruben Guzman

For Students 9th - 10th
Where does artistic inspiration come from? A series on NPR about the influence of artists on other artists helps to answer the question. Demonstrates that inspiration and innovation often flow from an intense appreciation of the work of...
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Curated OER

Writingfix.com: Prose Poetry: The House on Mango Street

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Front cover of the book The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "The House on Mango Street" Teacher Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Quite detailed, this teacher guide includes a number of discussion questions, background information, ideas for classroom presentation and a bit about the author.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Circuit: Stories From the Life of a Migrant Child" by F. Jimenez

For Students 5th - 8th
A collection of autobiographical short stories about a boy whose family moves from America to Mexico where they become migrant workers. Selected (6) reading passages (grades 5-8) to pair with "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a...

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