The House on Mango Street Lesson Plan

Told in a series of brief but vivid and lyrical vignettes, Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street draws us into the world of a young Chicana adolescent living in the barrio in Chicago in the 1960s. The book consists primarily of Esperanza Cordero’s observations of her neighbors crowded into the nearby apartments. An acute observer of human nature who is grappling to find her own identity, the young Esperanza tries to learn what she can of the world from those around her. eNotes lesson plans have been written, tested, and approved by working classroom teachers.
This lesson plan for The House on Mango Street features an in-depth introductory lecture, discussion questions, vocabulary lists, chapter-by-chapter study questions, a multiple-choice test, and essay questions. Complete answer keys are also included!