House on Mango Street
Posted by Fiona Worcester on Sunday, June 19, 2011
Under: House on Mango Street
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 experience, and insights on the evolving roles of American women. Skills developed include the ability to recognize and interpret figurative language (similes/metaphors) and, in turn, use figurative language to create powerful writing. I have included the teaching materials below, with the exception of the warm ups. Final essays were written using MYAccess!
Unit Plan
3 Lessons
Anticipation Guide - the American Dream
Handouts for Lesson #1 - Literary Device Analysis teaching materials
Handouts for Lessons #2 and #3 - "What is in a Name?" (name poem)
Final Essay - Essay Planning / Graphic Organizer / Rubric
Reading Section Workbooks: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Sentence Expansions
This unit focuses on the idea of the American Dream, the immigrant experience, and insights on the evolving roles of American women. Skills developed include the ability to recognize and interpret figurative language (similes/metaphors) and, in turn, use figurative language to create powerful writing. I have included the teaching materials below, with the exception of the warm ups. Final essays were written using MYAccess!
Unit Plan
3 Lessons
Anticipation Guide - the American Dream
Handouts for Lesson #1 - Literary Device Analysis teaching materials
Handouts for Lessons #2 and #3 - "What is in a Name?" (name poem)
Final Essay - Essay Planning / Graphic Organizer / Rubric
Reading Section Workbooks: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Sentence Expansions