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Wednesday May 22nd 2013

Mango Street Unit

Teaching House on Mango Street
Teaching House on Mango Street
Designed for Real Teachers in Real Classrooms. This Unit provides the best curriculum for teaching urban students the classic "The House on Mango Street" from both an Autobiographical Narrative and Literary Analysis approach. It is a must have for culture-based writing and inner-city education.
Price: $9.97

Here is a sneak peek at everything you get for ten bucks!

(Keep in mind it is a PDF. Nothing will be mailed, you download it immediately upon payment. Once it is on your computer you can even make your own changes on your computer)

Teaching Mango Street PDF

Table of Contents

-Pedagogical Philosophy for teaching Autobiographical Narratives with House on Mango Street by Matt Amaral

-Pedagogical Philosophy for teaching Literary Analysis with House on Mango Street by Dan Guerrero

Introduction to our Pacing Guide

-6-week Unit Pacing Guide/Scope and Sequence

Autobiographical Narratives

-Autobiographical Narrative Prewriting and Prompts by Chapter

-Autobiographical Narrative Lesson Plans and Corresponding Handouts

-Lesson Plan: My House

+Prewriting Handout

-Lesson Plan: Hairs

+Prewriting Handout

-Lesson Plan: My Name

+Prewriting Handout

-Lesson Plan: My Neighbor

+Prewriting Handout

-2 Day Lesson Plan: Avoiding Cliches/ Simile Battle

+Handout: Writing Devices

Extra Lesson Plans

-Lesson Plan: Sally

-Lesson Plan: My Street Says Goodbye

Literary Analysis

-Lesson Plan: Marking It Up

+Example

-Lesson Plan: Inference Tables

+Handouts/Examples

+Components of a Literary Analysis Paragraph

+Handout Writing a Literary Analysis Paragraph Using Your Inference Tables

-Lesson Plan: LitMaps

+Handout

+Student Examples

Protocols for Editing/ Workshops/Project/Essay/Exam

-Vignette Project

-Lesson Plan: Editing Narratives

+Editing Guide for Students and Teacher

-Lesson Plan: Writing Workshops

+Handout

-Literary Analysis Essay

+Handout: Writing Paragraphs

+Peer Editing Rubric

-HOMS Final Exam

Vocabulary Warmup/ Cooldown/ Filler

-Lesson Plan: Vocab Cheat Sheet

+Handout

+Teacher Participation Log

Emergency Lesson Plan/ Filler for Ghetto Students

-Lesson Plan: Balancing Your Ghetto

Teaching Tips from Matt’s Blog:

A Lesson on Urban Identity

Working the Rows

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3 Responses to “Mango Street Unit”

  1. Dope Lessons for Urban Students: Figurative Language BATTLE | Teach4Real says:
    September 25, 2011 at 12:24 am

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  2. Ryann G says:
    January 30, 2013 at 8:49 pm

    Are the lessons aligned to the common core standards?

    Reply
    • Matt Amaral says:
      February 4, 2013 at 2:34 pm

      They are not yet, but we will be updating them soon. Depending on how your state has adopted the Common Core, the standards in ELA have not changed drastically. The standards attached to each lesson plan exist in CC, it is just a matter of assigning the new designation.

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