Teacher's Mango Pages

Hey all-
Jim shared this link with me:
Notes for The House on Mango Street
What does everyone think of this teacher's ideas for teaching Mango?

-What do you think of the assignments?  Any you really like or dislike?
-What do you think of the questions for each vignette?  Are they worth discussing?
-What do you think of the idea to compare THOMS to Little Red Riding Hood?
-What do you think about talking about the introduction, themes, and whether or not this novel is a novel on this site?  Are these notes our students need to have?

Has anyone come across any teacher websites that you want to share for THOMS?  If you get a chance, maybe we could all browse around and link one in a comment for future reference!

La Tolteca Mexicana Extravaganza

Our book club decided to celebrate the Latino heritage prevalent in our book by visiting La Tolteca for a book club meeting, after composing post 7 (our video) together. We shared food, ideas and laughs! Here are some photos of our great experience:

Brooke and Alex...

Jess and Hannah

Hannah and Jess, loving the Mariachi Band

Live Mariachi Band!

Trumpet Player... they were awesome!

Enchiladas... yum!

Taco salad!

*Overall, we had a really great experience and enjoyed the Mexican food, music and culture. We would recommend it to all!

Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes

This is Post #7 for the group!
Our book club met over Spring Break to compose this video.  Our voices, pictures, and interpretations of the vignette "Four Skinny Trees" are represented in this video.

More pics!

Four Skinny Trees - Pictures

"Four who do not belong here but are here"

"Ferocious roots"

"Violent teeth"

"Raggedy excuses planted by the city"

"They'd all droop"

"Four who grew despite concrete"

"Four who reach and do not forget to reach"

"Four whose only reason is to be and be"

Two cool ones:

Pictures for video