Vignettes 8-14

HOUSE ON MANGO STREET

‘GIL’S FURNITURE BOUGHT AND
SOLD-’THOSE WHO DON’T’
SANDRA CISNEROS
Unit 2: Inventive
Solutions

• Do you like the current state of our

world?
• Do you feel safe living in this world?
• Do people feel safe here? Why?
• How could we make this current
world safer?
 • People with a strong sense of purpose and
creativity, can change and develop their
settings in order to establish a just,
advanced and refined community.

Essential questions:
Statement of Factual-
inquiry: What makes a person creative?

Conceptual-
How can an individual improve his/her environment with small
changes?

Debatable-
Should creativity always be encouraged?
Esperanza’s character
development
• What thoughts and feelings does
Esperanza have during these 5 vignettes?
• What is happening to Esperanza as she
observes the events that occur?
• Fill out the character trait chart and
provide textual evidence to support your
opinion.
Read ‘Marin’ and ‘Alicia Who
Sees Mice’ silently in your
groups
 ‘Marin’ and ‘Alicia Who Sees Mice’
Do the women in this story seem to have an identity? If so, what is it?
If not, why not and who seems to be ‘taking it away’ from them?
In contrast, how are the men portrayed in this story?”
Find 2 examples of figurative language in ‘Alicia Who Sees Mice’

Read Discuss Return

Critically read the Discuss this within a Share your ideas

vignette and try to small group. with the rest of your
identify the role of class.
women in society.
Societal Roles of Women in The House on Mango Street

Marin Alicia Who Sees Mice

Identity of Women
‘Those Who
Don’t’
• What were the main ideas of
this vignette?
• What does “All brown all
around, we are safe.” mean?
• What does Esperanza mean
when she says this?
• How does she feel about going
into a neighborhood of another
color?
• Have you ever been in a
neighborhood where you
didn’t feel safe?
Journal entry #3

• “Do you feel like you have

a role or place in Turkish
society?
• If so, what is it? If not,
what would you like your
role in society to be?
• Is it influenced by your
family? Your culture?”
What does the song title
mean and how does it
relate to the lyrics of the
song?
• If you could produce an alternate
title for this song, what would it
be? Why?
• What is the songwriter trying to
tell you?
• What do you think he was
feeling when he wrote this song?
• Do you agree with his
assessment of the ‘New World’?
Read the lyrics silently…

Identify the inventive solutions the Think of the problem these

rapper mentions inventive solutions address
Homework

• Read the following vignettes:

• There Was an Old

Woman She Had So
Many Children She
Didn’t Know What to Do
• Darius and the Clouds
• And Some More
• The Family of Little Feet
• A Rice Sandwich