WEEK 39

Class Activity
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Instructions:

How important is it for migrant families to find a real home?

Before you read Text C

Focusing discussion

Look at the picture and discuss the following

Questions. Note: there are no right answers,
Only justified ones.

1. Who are the people in the picture?

2. What are the relationships between the children and the adults?

3. Where have they come from and where are they now?

4. What was the journey like?

5. What problems and difficulties have they had before reaching their new home?

6. Where are they going to live next?

7. What will their new home be like?

8. In what ways is their stories typical of other migrant families?

 While you read Text C
As you read the text, make notes about the
house on Mango Street. Sort the information into the three categories given in the table.
When you have finished, use the notes to draw a visual (poster, diagram, or a picture) of
the house to show to show how you imagine the house to be.

The outside of the house on Mango The inside of the house Details about the family who live in
Street of Mango Street the house on Mango Street

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1. The family have had exactly three previous homes before the house on Mango Street.
Justification:

2. The family have bought the house on Mango street.

Justification:

3. The family had no reason to leave the flat on Loomis Street.

Justification:

4. Esperanza’s dream house is one she had seen in films.

Justification:

5. Esperanza find the house on Mango Street a big disappointment.

Justification:

6. On Loomis Street the family lived underneath a laundry.

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7. The nun made Esperanza feel really bad about the flat she lived in.
Justification:

8. The house on Mango Street is just a temporary home for the family.
Justification:

Multiple-choice questions

Choose the correct answer from A, B, C, or D. Write the letter next to the
numeral below.

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Reference:
Gafan, K. M. (2017). MYP English Language Acquisition. In K. M. Gafan. Oxford: Oxford University
Press. Retrieved December 11, 2020