It’s no secret that we LOVE to incorporate short stories into our middle school ELA curriculum (click here for our favorite short stories), and one of our favorite authors to study with our students is Sandra Cisneros. Below we outline why we think her writing style is so wonderful for meeting our ELA standards and why students enjoy her writing so much (win-win!)
Note: We use Cisneros’s short story “Eleven” as a summer reading assignment (which you can read about here) and an excerpt from The House on Mango Street, “My Name” with our middle schoolers. We teach The House on Mango Street in its entirety in 8th grade and find that exposing students to Cisneros’s signature style earlier on really helps them navigate her novel with a sharper lens when they are older.
So here we go … the three reasons incorporating Cisneros’ writing in our ELA curriculum is so effective:
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Do you have a unit for the House on Mango Street??
Hi Krystal! Yes, we do! Here’s the link to our unit in our TpT store! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-House-on-Mango-Street-Unit-7075337
Thank you!
Caitlin