How can literature prompt personal reflection?
Objective: Students will use literary vignettes as a springboard to reflect on the human experience.
1. We submitted our Books of Vignettes after sharing some of our favorite sections with each other.
2. As a class we read several vignettes from The House on Mango Street ("The First Job" and "Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark") and discussed how they exemplified universal ideas about growing up.
3. Individually or in small groups, we read the next six vignettes from The House on Mango Street (p. 58-73) and created T-charts matching each vignettes to universal ideas about growing up.
For next time: Read p. 74-93 of The House on Mango Street. Write a paragraph explaining the connection between symbolism in the first vignette ("Four Skinny Trees") and the vignettes that follow.
Objective: Students will use literary vignettes as a springboard to reflect on the human experience.
1. We submitted our Books of Vignettes after sharing some of our favorite sections with each other.
2. As a class we read several vignettes from The House on Mango Street ("The First Job" and "Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark") and discussed how they exemplified universal ideas about growing up.
3. Individually or in small groups, we read the next six vignettes from The House on Mango Street (p. 58-73) and created T-charts matching each vignettes to universal ideas about growing up.
For next time: Read p. 74-93 of The House on Mango Street. Write a paragraph explaining the connection between symbolism in the first vignette ("Four Skinny Trees") and the vignettes that follow.