The House on Mango Street

1.3 Figurative Language & Modeling

Objectives:

• Students will be able to identity and define literary elements within a piece of
literature.

• Students will be able to acknowledge the impact literary elements have in a

piece of literature.

Materials:

• Copies of Esprenza’s Identity worksheet

• Copies of The House on Mango Street.

• Copies of Figurative Language definition.

• Copies of Figurative Language example sheet.

Aim: How does figurative language impact a piece of literature?

Do Now: What did we learn about Esperanza’s sense of identity through the
vignette “The House on Mango Street”?

Procedure:

1. Go over Do Now question. Have students fill in worksheet with the answer.
Remind students about the essential questions of the unit.

2. Today, we are going to be reading the vignette named “Hairs”. Can someone
please tell me what a vignette is?

3. Have a student read out the Aim for the class. What is figurative language?
What are some of the elements?

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Alliteration

Repetition

Sensory Details

4. This should be a review for the students.

5. Read “Hairs” out loud to the class. Ask the class to look for different literary
elements while they are listening to the story.
 The House on Mango Street

1.3 Figurative Language & Modeling

Group Work: Work in groups to discuss the different literary elements that they
found within the piece of literature. Use the graphic organizer to display the
elements and examples from this vignette.

Share Out:

• What are some of the examples your group came up with?

• Did the figurative language make the story better, more interesting, etc.

Homework: Picture/Drawing of you and your neighborhood. The picture should

explain itself and answer the question how has your neighborhood or home affected
your identity/who you are?

Read I-Book for 30 minutes.

Homework Check: Reading Log Entry #1, #2, #3