Activity Overview
Esperanza never really liked Mango Street or her house there. Though she has friends, she never really feels like she belongs. She ages through the book, but doesn't lose her hopes of being different and less of a stereotypical weak, dependent woman. In the end, “the three sisters”, aunts of Esperanza’s neighbors, tell her that she will need to come back some day, to make a full circle of her life. In the last chapter, she asks who will change Mango Street and leaves the reader wondering if it will be Esperanza herself.
Create a storyboard that shows how Esperanza changes over the course of the book. Include her physical changes as she ages, her views about life, and how she sees the people in her life.
Template and Class Instructions
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Student Instructions
Create a storyboard depicting Esperanza's evolution through the course of the book.
- Use the template provided by your teacher.
- Describe how Esperanza feels and grows in the beginning, middle, and end of the book.
- Illustrate her emotions and growth using appropriate characters, scenes, and items.
Lesson Plan Reference
- [ELA-Literacy/RL/6/1] Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
- [ELA-Literacy/RL/6/3] Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution
Rubric
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| Proficient 10 Points | Emerging 6 Points | Beginning 2 Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Character Evolution | The character traits and evolution are identified correctly at each of the three plot points. The analysis reveals insight and understanding of the character's journey as a whole. | Most of the character traits and evolution are identified correctly at each of the three plot points. The analysis reveals understanding of the character's journey as a whole, but may be unclear. | Some of the character traits and evolution are identified correctly at each of the three plot points. The analysis reveals little understanding of the character's journey as a whole, and is unclear. |
| Illustrations | The illustrations represent the descriptions using appropriate scenes, characters and items. | The illustrations relate to the descriptions, but are difficult to understand. | The illustrations do not clearly relate to the descriptions. |
| English Conventions | Ideas are organized. Displays control of grammar, usage, and mechanics. Shows careful proofreading. | Ideas and quotes are organized. Contains few errors in grammar, usage and mechanics. Shows some proofreading. | Ideas and quotes are somewhat organized. Contains errors in grammar, usage and mechanics which interfere with communication. Shows a lack of proofreading. |
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