I developed an informal unit with my own original lessons and handouts for the purpose of teaching the House on Mango Street to my English 10 class during the fall semester. The unit was designed using standards from Unit 2 of the ASD 10th Language Arts Curriculum Guide. In June 2011, I created a formalized unit plan and three lesson plans for the content I had already created for my ED693 class, taught by Emily Davis.

This unit focuses on the idea of the American Dream, the immigrant experie...
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