Book Report Guidelines

Winter Break Assignment 2011: The House on Mango Street
Ms. Childs

PART 1(20 POINTS): DUE JAUUARY 16TH at the beginning of class

Read The House on Mango Street and answer the followingquestions in one paragraph (6-7 sentences) in your RN. NOTE: All students will be called on for Center Stage to present some of their responses so ensure that they are quality, thinkers’ answers that showyou read the novel.
1. Is the house on Mango Street the kind of house Esperanza always wanted? What kind of house does she want? Explain.
2. Describe Esperanza's neighborhood. Would you like tolive there? Explain.
3. In "Those Who Don't," Esperanza says of her neighborhood, "All brown all around, we are safe." What does she mean? How does she feel about going into a neighborhood of anothercolor?
4. Esperanza introduces the reader to many different characters on Mango Street. Do they have any common bonds? If yes, what are they? If no, why not?
5. Why are the Four Skinny Trees importantto Esperanza?
6. In "Beautiful and Cruel" Esperanza says, "I have begun my own quiet war." What does she mean?
7. Of the three sisters, what did the sister with the marble hands mean when she toldEsperanza that she (Esperanza) must remember to come back for the others? What does the circle refer to?
8. Describe Esperanza. Do you believe her to be a keen observer of her world? Explain, usingexamples from the story.
9. In English, "Esperanza" means Hope. Does Esperanza's name fit her character? Explain.
10. This book has a distinct narrative structure. What effect did this structure haveon you? Did it enhance or detract from the book? Explain.
Part 2(20 points) DUE JAUUARY 16TH at the beginning of class
Write a poem about Mango Street, as Esperanza might write one. Poem must be atLEAST 4 stanzas long. Each stanza must be at least 4 lines long. The poem must be a minimum of 16 lines long.

Part 3 (30 points) DUE JAUUARY 16TH at the beginning of class
Through the many...