Alexa Fernández Castañeda Colegio Williams de Cuernavaca 1o Diploma "B" Inglés
Describe the image on the cover
What does the cover image mean to you?
The image is a house, and someone lives here. I think a girl lives here with more people.
- Why do you think it was selected as the cover image for this book?
Because the image represents the title.
- Write a prediction about the book
The book is about someone who is melancholic, worried about something and sad.
- What important facts or events were happening in the world or country when the book was published?
During the 80´s the United States there was a lot of immigration specially to Chicago, those were the years of the Cold War and there was a bads recession during the 80´s, so there was a lot of gangs in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Novel
- Read the summary and answer the 5Ws questions (What, Where, When, why, Who)
Is the story of Esperanza Cordero a young Latina girl growing up in a house at a Latino neighborhood in Chicago at the 80´s.
- Who is/are the author of the book?
Sandra Cisneros
- What information can you provide about the author?
He lives in Chicago in the United States and is author of many books and poetry
INTRODUCTION
The book is about the life of Esperanza and her family. It is about the migration too and how the people try to adapt to the american life. This presentation is about the first four stories: The House on Mango Street, Hairs, Boys and Girls and My Name.
The House on Mango Street
The first story is about the family's move to the other side of the city. The flat where they lived was already older and damaged, but the house on Mango street was already theirs and they didn't have to move every year.
Hairs
Esperanza talks about the smell of her mama's hair. That when she holds in her arms Esperanza feels safe. She discribes that her mom's hair smells like freshly baked bread.
My Name
The story is about her name. in spanish means to many letters it was her great grandma's name. and her granny was born in the year of the horse and it was very strong. Esperanza can change her name so her name can be zeze.
Cathy Queen of Cats
Esperanza talks about her new friend Cathy who has lot of cats, baby cats, skinny cats, sick cats, big cats. Her new friend Cathy is moving soon.
Our Good Day
In this chapter Esperanza talks about how she meets 2 new friends Lucy and Rachel and how the three of them buy a new bike and how they will share the bike.
Laughter
Esperanza explains how Lucy and Rachel look alike, and how her sister Nenny doesn’t look like her, but they do have something in common that makes everyone now that they are sisters, and that is how they laugh.
Gil´s Furniture Bought & Sold
Esperanza describes a junk store owned by a black man that has all kind of stuff, and how she and her sister Nenny liked going there to see what they can find.
Meme Ortiz
In this chapter Esperanza talks about the new neighbor Meme whose real name is Juan that moved into Cathy´s house after her family moved away. He has a big dog and a huge tree in his backyard.
Louie, His Cousin & His Other Cousin
Esperanza remembers about Louie who lived at a basement apartment at Meme´s house, about Louie´s cousin Marin or Maris and about his other cousin that she only saw once, but she says it was important. He arrived in a very nice car, a yellow Cadillac, he took all the boys in the car around the block 6 times, and when they were going around for the seventh time, they heard police sirens, Louie´s cousin stopped the car and asked everybody out, he went away and tried to turn left but he crashed into a lamp post. The cops put handcuffs on him and put him in the back seat of the cop car while they all waved him goodbye.
Marin
Marin is Louie´s older girl cousin, she likes to be at the front of his aunt’s house for older boys to see her, she is just waiting to get married, she is waiting for someone to change her life.
Those Who Don´t
People who don´t know is afraid of getting into Esperanza´s neighborhood, but on the other hand people on her neighborhood is also afraid to get in other neighborhoods too.
There Was An Old Woman She Had So Many Children She Didn´t Know What To Do
Rosa Vargas had too many kids, they were naughty and out of control, people got tired of being worried about them, everyone just stopped looking.
Alicia Who Sees Mice
Alicia’s mother died, she lives with his father who says she just imagine mice, that if she closed her eyes, they will go away. She is young, she is smart and takes two trains and a bus to go to the university because she doesn´t want to spend her life in a factory. She is afraid of nothing but mice and fathers.
Darius And The Clouds
Darius doesn´t like school, he is mostly a fool. But he said something wise, the world was full of clouds, he pointed at one and said “That one there. That´s God”.
And Some More
The chapter is about the many names for snow and clouds. It also relates to the number of friends she has. One of them offends Esperanza´s mom and she gets very upst, so much so that they stopped being friends.
The Family of Little Feet
Esperanza discribes a little family specially their little feet and compairs them. Rachel, Lucy and Esperanza learned to walk all strutted in magic high heels, but that shoes are very dangerous for them. But was ending with the trash in the bin and had a bad experience in the street and got tired of begin beautiful.
A Rice Sandwich
Esperanza wants to eat her lunch but her mum was writing a letter to eat in the lunchroom telling that Esperanza lives too far away, obviously was a lie because her house was across the boulevard. But when sign a house very mad the sister superior was sorry and said she could stay for one day.
Chanclas
In this chapter its was baptism of Esperanza's cousin. Everyone was dancing and laughing except Esperanza who didn't use new shoes. So she didn't dance, but her uncle knows that she is the most pretty girl in the party and he convinced to dance.
Hips
Esperanza and her sisters while playing talked about what it would be like have big hips. Then laughed singed and danced said when were are kids, tots, and babies the hips grow. They played the rope and talked the bones of the hips can mean that it is a man or a woman. And she and her friends know in her tummy a kid, a tot, or a baby.
The First Job
Her job consists in matching negatives with photo prints, she has to use white gloves not to leave fingerprints in the nega3tives or the photos. She needs to work to pay her high school, has to lie about her age to get his new job.She doesn’t know anyone at his new job. An old Asian man kissed her in the mouth without her consent.
Papa who wakes up tired in the Dark
Her abuelito is dead. The emotional reaction of Esperanza and his father to the news of the Esperanza's grandpa's death is a moment of pain and sadness.
Born Bad
Esperanza reflects on her aunt's life, remembering how it was before she got sick, and how the disease changed her life and her family. She also discribes a game that she and her friends played, in which they imitated famous or knowed people and how her aunt Lupe became one of the people they imatated.
Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water
Esperanza visits a witch woman named Elenita to get a reading of her future. Elenita uses special cards, water, Esperanza's palm to perform the reading. She is looking an answer about she will get a new house, but Elenita only sees a home in the heart. Esperanza feels disappointed and confused by Elenitas awnser. So the witch woman offers advice and remedies for variuos problems, including the headaches and bad spirits.
Geraldo no Last Name
The text reflects on memory and for getting. It asks what will happen with Geraldo's memory, who will remember her name and story, and what significance his death will have in the context of society.
Edna’s Ruthie
Is about a woman who still likes to play and laugh alone she likes to play with smaller children. It seems like a very particular kind of woman. But all the children seem to like her.
The Earl of Tennessee
It’s about a man that lives at Edna’s basement and works fixing jukebox. He has a wife that everybody describes in a different way.
Sire
Talks about Esperanza and a boy that even though she says she doesn’t want him to see her, in reality she wants him to notice her, Esperanza likes this boy.
Four skinny trees
This chapter is about four skinny trees that Esperanza can see from her window and how they grow in adversity, as a lot of people from Mango Street.
No speak English
This chapter it’s about a woman that they know as Mamacita, she doesn’t speak English and never leaves her room. She is a fat woman, and they don’t know why she never gets out of her apartment.
Rafaela
Rafaela drinks coconut and papaya juice on Tuesdays. This chapter is about Rafaela, whose husband doesn’t let her out of the room and how the kids buy her coconuts and papaya juice from the store each Tuesday when her husband isn’t there.
Sally
In this chapter, Esperanza describes Sally who is a girl that acts bigger than her age. She uses fancy clothes and make up and she wishes to get out of mango Street someday.
Minerva writes poems
In this chapter Esperanza describes Minerva who is just a little bit older than her, but she already has two kids. Her biggest problem is her husband who is in and out of his house, Minerva writes poems, which she let Esperanza read, and Esperanza let her read hers too.
Bums in the attic
Esperanza talks about how she would like to have a house, and that she will invite everyone. She says that she will also have bums in the attic, and when they ask her if those were rats, she will say no, bums, I have bums in the attic.
Beautiful and Cruel
In this chapter Esperanza describes how she would like to be when she’s older, and how will she express her power.
A smart Cookie
Esperanza talks about how her mother could have been something else, how she could have done great things in her life. She could have sing opera, among other things and how she thinks Esperanza should accomplish many things in her life.
What Sally said
In this chapter Esperanza explains what Sally says every time that she appears with some purple things in her back, she never said what really happened. He always says that she felt from the stairs.
The Monkey Garden
That was a garden near Esperanza’s house in which a monkey used to live, after the monkey moved to Kentucky. A lot of things happened at that garden. Someone left some old cars and a pickup there. Kids played there too, and one time Sally and her friends went back there to kiss. Esperanza tried to save Sally, but Sally didn’t want to be saved.
Red Clowns
In this chapter Esperanza talks about a very difficult situation that happened to her, and she blamed Sally because she lies. Esperanza waited up by the red clowns just like she said, but Sally never came back, and Esperanza was abused.
Linoleum Roses
Sally got married, and she likes to be married. She’s happy except when her Husband gets angry. She doesn’t let her talk on the phone or look out the window and he doesn’t like her friends. She likes looking at the linoleum roses on the floor, at her walls and drapes.
The three sisters
Esperanza explains how she met three sisters, “las comadres” and about a baby that died, and how she interacts with the three sisters during the baby’s funeral.
Alicia, And I, Talking, On, Edna´s Steps
Esperanza says she doesn’t have a house, but Alicia did because she comes from Guadalajara, she thinks Guadalajara is her house, Esperanza says that she doesn’t feel Mango Street as her home.
A house of my own
Esperanza describes how she would like to have a home, a house of her own where she could put her own rules.
Mango says goodbye sometimes
Esperanza describes why she doesn’t belong to mango Street, but she is also nostalgic. And after she leaves, she knows that she will come back, back for the ones she left behind and the ones that can’t get out.
REFLECTION
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Alexa Fernández Castañeda Colegio Williams de Cuernavaca 1o Diploma "B" Inglés
Describe the image on the cover
What does the cover image mean to you?
The image is a house, and someone lives here. I think a girl lives here with more people.
- Why do you think it was selected as the cover image for this book?
Because the image represents the title.- Write a prediction about the book
The book is about someone who is melancholic, worried about something and sad.- What important facts or events were happening in the world or country when the book was published?
During the 80´s the United States there was a lot of immigration specially to Chicago, those were the years of the Cold War and there was a bads recession during the 80´s, so there was a lot of gangs in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.- What genre is the book?
Novel- Read the summary and answer the 5Ws questions (What, Where, When, why, Who)
Is the story of Esperanza Cordero a young Latina girl growing up in a house at a Latino neighborhood in Chicago at the 80´s.- Who is/are the author of the book?
Sandra Cisneros- What information can you provide about the author?
He lives in Chicago in the United States and is author of many books and poetryINTRODUCTION
The book is about the life of Esperanza and her family. It is about the migration too and how the people try to adapt to the american life. This presentation is about the first four stories: The House on Mango Street, Hairs, Boys and Girls and My Name.
The House on Mango Street
The first story is about the family's move to the other side of the city. The flat where they lived was already older and damaged, but the house on Mango street was already theirs and they didn't have to move every year.
Hairs
Esperanza talks about the smell of her mama's hair. That when she holds in her arms Esperanza feels safe. She discribes that her mom's hair smells like freshly baked bread.
My Name
The story is about her name. in spanish means to many letters it was her great grandma's name. and her granny was born in the year of the horse and it was very strong. Esperanza can change her name so her name can be zeze.
Cathy Queen of Cats
Esperanza talks about her new friend Cathy who has lot of cats, baby cats, skinny cats, sick cats, big cats. Her new friend Cathy is moving soon.
Our Good Day
In this chapter Esperanza talks about how she meets 2 new friends Lucy and Rachel and how the three of them buy a new bike and how they will share the bike.
Laughter
Esperanza explains how Lucy and Rachel look alike, and how her sister Nenny doesn’t look like her, but they do have something in common that makes everyone now that they are sisters, and that is how they laugh.
Gil´s Furniture Bought & Sold
Esperanza describes a junk store owned by a black man that has all kind of stuff, and how she and her sister Nenny liked going there to see what they can find.
Meme Ortiz
In this chapter Esperanza talks about the new neighbor Meme whose real name is Juan that moved into Cathy´s house after her family moved away. He has a big dog and a huge tree in his backyard.
Louie, His Cousin & His Other Cousin
Esperanza remembers about Louie who lived at a basement apartment at Meme´s house, about Louie´s cousin Marin or Maris and about his other cousin that she only saw once, but she says it was important. He arrived in a very nice car, a yellow Cadillac, he took all the boys in the car around the block 6 times, and when they were going around for the seventh time, they heard police sirens, Louie´s cousin stopped the car and asked everybody out, he went away and tried to turn left but he crashed into a lamp post. The cops put handcuffs on him and put him in the back seat of the cop car while they all waved him goodbye.
Marin
Marin is Louie´s older girl cousin, she likes to be at the front of his aunt’s house for older boys to see her, she is just waiting to get married, she is waiting for someone to change her life.
Those Who Don´t
People who don´t know is afraid of getting into Esperanza´s neighborhood, but on the other hand people on her neighborhood is also afraid to get in other neighborhoods too.
There Was An Old Woman She Had So Many Children She Didn´t Know What To Do
Rosa Vargas had too many kids, they were naughty and out of control, people got tired of being worried about them, everyone just stopped looking.
Alicia Who Sees Mice
Alicia’s mother died, she lives with his father who says she just imagine mice, that if she closed her eyes, they will go away. She is young, she is smart and takes two trains and a bus to go to the university because she doesn´t want to spend her life in a factory. She is afraid of nothing but mice and fathers.
Darius And The Clouds
Darius doesn´t like school, he is mostly a fool. But he said something wise, the world was full of clouds, he pointed at one and said “That one there. That´s God”.
And Some More
The chapter is about the many names for snow and clouds. It also relates to the number of friends she has. One of them offends Esperanza´s mom and she gets very upst, so much so that they stopped being friends.
The Family of Little Feet
Esperanza discribes a little family specially their little feet and compairs them. Rachel, Lucy and Esperanza learned to walk all strutted in magic high heels, but that shoes are very dangerous for them. But was ending with the trash in the bin and had a bad experience in the street and got tired of begin beautiful.
A Rice Sandwich
Esperanza wants to eat her lunch but her mum was writing a letter to eat in the lunchroom telling that Esperanza lives too far away, obviously was a lie because her house was across the boulevard. But when sign a house very mad the sister superior was sorry and said she could stay for one day.
Chanclas
In this chapter its was baptism of Esperanza's cousin. Everyone was dancing and laughing except Esperanza who didn't use new shoes. So she didn't dance, but her uncle knows that she is the most pretty girl in the party and he convinced to dance.
Hips
Esperanza and her sisters while playing talked about what it would be like have big hips. Then laughed singed and danced said when were are kids, tots, and babies the hips grow. They played the rope and talked the bones of the hips can mean that it is a man or a woman. And she and her friends know in her tummy a kid, a tot, or a baby.
The First Job
Her job consists in matching negatives with photo prints, she has to use white gloves not to leave fingerprints in the nega3tives or the photos. She needs to work to pay her high school, has to lie about her age to get his new job.She doesn’t know anyone at his new job. An old Asian man kissed her in the mouth without her consent.
Papa who wakes up tired in the Dark
Her abuelito is dead. The emotional reaction of Esperanza and his father to the news of the Esperanza's grandpa's death is a moment of pain and sadness.
Born Bad
Esperanza reflects on her aunt's life, remembering how it was before she got sick, and how the disease changed her life and her family. She also discribes a game that she and her friends played, in which they imitated famous or knowed people and how her aunt Lupe became one of the people they imatated.
Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water
Esperanza visits a witch woman named Elenita to get a reading of her future. Elenita uses special cards, water, Esperanza's palm to perform the reading. She is looking an answer about she will get a new house, but Elenita only sees a home in the heart. Esperanza feels disappointed and confused by Elenitas awnser. So the witch woman offers advice and remedies for variuos problems, including the headaches and bad spirits.
Geraldo no Last Name
The text reflects on memory and for getting. It asks what will happen with Geraldo's memory, who will remember her name and story, and what significance his death will have in the context of society.
Edna’s Ruthie
Is about a woman who still likes to play and laugh alone she likes to play with smaller children. It seems like a very particular kind of woman. But all the children seem to like her.
The Earl of Tennessee
It’s about a man that lives at Edna’s basement and works fixing jukebox. He has a wife that everybody describes in a different way.
Sire
Talks about Esperanza and a boy that even though she says she doesn’t want him to see her, in reality she wants him to notice her, Esperanza likes this boy.
Four skinny trees
This chapter is about four skinny trees that Esperanza can see from her window and how they grow in adversity, as a lot of people from Mango Street.
No speak English
This chapter it’s about a woman that they know as Mamacita, she doesn’t speak English and never leaves her room. She is a fat woman, and they don’t know why she never gets out of her apartment.
Rafaela
Rafaela drinks coconut and papaya juice on Tuesdays. This chapter is about Rafaela, whose husband doesn’t let her out of the room and how the kids buy her coconuts and papaya juice from the store each Tuesday when her husband isn’t there.
Sally
In this chapter, Esperanza describes Sally who is a girl that acts bigger than her age. She uses fancy clothes and make up and she wishes to get out of mango Street someday.
Minerva writes poems
In this chapter Esperanza describes Minerva who is just a little bit older than her, but she already has two kids. Her biggest problem is her husband who is in and out of his house, Minerva writes poems, which she let Esperanza read, and Esperanza let her read hers too.
Bums in the attic
Esperanza talks about how she would like to have a house, and that she will invite everyone. She says that she will also have bums in the attic, and when they ask her if those were rats, she will say no, bums, I have bums in the attic.
Beautiful and Cruel
In this chapter Esperanza describes how she would like to be when she’s older, and how will she express her power.
A smart Cookie
Esperanza talks about how her mother could have been something else, how she could have done great things in her life. She could have sing opera, among other things and how she thinks Esperanza should accomplish many things in her life.
What Sally said
In this chapter Esperanza explains what Sally says every time that she appears with some purple things in her back, she never said what really happened. He always says that she felt from the stairs.
The Monkey Garden
That was a garden near Esperanza’s house in which a monkey used to live, after the monkey moved to Kentucky. A lot of things happened at that garden. Someone left some old cars and a pickup there. Kids played there too, and one time Sally and her friends went back there to kiss. Esperanza tried to save Sally, but Sally didn’t want to be saved.
Red Clowns
In this chapter Esperanza talks about a very difficult situation that happened to her, and she blamed Sally because she lies. Esperanza waited up by the red clowns just like she said, but Sally never came back, and Esperanza was abused.
Linoleum Roses
Sally got married, and she likes to be married. She’s happy except when her Husband gets angry. She doesn’t let her talk on the phone or look out the window and he doesn’t like her friends. She likes looking at the linoleum roses on the floor, at her walls and drapes.
The three sisters
Esperanza explains how she met three sisters, “las comadres” and about a baby that died, and how she interacts with the three sisters during the baby’s funeral.
Alicia, And I, Talking, On, Edna´s Steps
Esperanza says she doesn’t have a house, but Alicia did because she comes from Guadalajara, she thinks Guadalajara is her house, Esperanza says that she doesn’t feel Mango Street as her home.
A house of my own
Esperanza describes how she would like to have a home, a house of her own where she could put her own rules.
Mango says goodbye sometimes
Esperanza describes why she doesn’t belong to mango Street, but she is also nostalgic. And after she leaves, she knows that she will come back, back for the ones she left behind and the ones that can’t get out.
REFLECTION