Friday, February 11, 2011

Period 7: Assignment # 5

Assignment: Based on your reading in class, write down two things you learned about Sandra Cisneros and/or The House on Mango Street.  Keep a running total together as a class and DO NOT repeat anything. 

Deadline: February 14th (12:10 pm)

11 comments:

  1. 1. Sandra Cisneros wants to do a few things, such as traveling and jumping out of a cake.

    2. Sandra thinks books are beauty. (Or something along that line)

    Oh and FIRSTIES

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  2. 3. As a girl, Sandra Cisneros dreamed about having a silent home just to herself.

    4. Sandra wanted to publish a book before she got married

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  3. 5.Sandra never wrote in her office she wrote in her kitchen.

    6.She fills her office with things she gets for the flea market and Maxwell Street

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  4. 7. Sandra's father cared about her a lot.
    8. She lived in a neighborhood that smelled like urine and beer.
    Joshua V.

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  5. 9.Sandra Cisneo was taught that a writer needs quiet,privacy, and long stretches of solitude thinkng.
    10.Sandra never had a father or boyfriend that beaten her and left bruises.
    11.Also,she doesnt want to be a weather girl.

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  6. 12. Sandra Cisneros wants people who she admires to respect her work, and she also wants people who do not usually read books to enjoy her stories.

    13. Sandra Cisneros wants to write books that people will understand when they read it and not books that people would feel ashamed if they do not understand the book.

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  7. 14. Sandra Cisnero's father is Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral

    15.Her kitchen was the only room in her ouse that had a heater.

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  8. 14.She wants to write books that ignore borders between genres.

    15.She also works with students who dropped out of high school and who are taking a second chance to get a diploma.

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  9. 16. In her room, there are books in milk cartons, a space heater, and a futon on the floor.

    17. Sandra Cisneros works with students who have dropped out of high school and are trying again to get their diplomas.

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  10. 18. Sandra Cisneros office was a kids bedroom when families lived in the apartment.

    19. Sandra returned to Chicago after she graduated school & moved back into her fathers house, 175 N. Keeler.

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  11. 20. Sandra Cisneros published the book in 1984.It had sold over two million copies.

    21. She traveled to 20 cities for her tour.

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