Homework for October 10

English 11-1 Day C, Block 3

1) Complete reading The House on Mango Street.

2) Select and respond to one of the two Journal Entry options:

Option 1:

a. On what special occasion did your shoes not match your clothing (outfit)?

b. What do the shoes that you wear “say” about you?

c. Write about a time when your shoes and/or clothing made you feel uncomfortable.

Option 2

a. Describe the people in your current or previous neighborhood who were the most feared by outsiders.

b. If Esperanza were describing your neighborhood, what is meant by her comment, "All brown all around, we are safe"?

c. Review how Esperanza described what happens when she or her neighbors drove into the neighborhood of another ethnic group?

d. What similar experience(s) have you had?

Read Up and Write On!