The controlling idea or meaning of a literary work. Tone: The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience. Vignette: A short descriptive literary sketch; a brief incident or scene as in a play or movie. Unreliable narrator: A narrator who is not objective and whose version of the story reflects personal attitudes and judgments that the reader cannot always trust. The narrator's distorted point of view can reflect emotional instability, arrogance, lack of sophistication, or prejudice Aim: How can we continue to teach each other The House on Mango Street Cisneros’ novel, by each short vignette? “picking apart” Do Now: Describe your dream house. Transition: (I will ask several volunteers to share their responses.) We have just written and thought about what we would like our to be. We know that the title of the work “dream house” we are about to begin is called and we talked about The House on Mango Street, vignettes and how despite their short length, there is much more the “below surface.” Let us see if we can discover the complexity beneath the seemingly simple first vignette. Motivation: What is the name of the first vignette? Why does Cisneros choose to title her first House on Mango which is also the title of the entire collection? vignette “The Street”, What is the significance? Transition: You all read the first three vignettes last night, so who can tell me why they think Cisneros chooses to duplicate the title and use it twice? Remember, we are forgetting all
The controlling idea or meaning of a literary work. Tone: The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience. Vignette: A short descriptive literary sketch; a brief incident or scene as in a play or movie. Unreliable narrator: A narrator who is not objective and whose version of the story reflects personal attitudes and judgments that the reader cannot always trust. The narrator's distorted point of view can reflect emotional instability, arrogance, lack of sophistication, or prejudice Aim: How can we continue to teach each other Cisneros’ novel, The House on Mango Street by “picking apart” each short vignette? Do Now: Describe your dream house. Transition: (I will ask several volunteers to share their responses.) We have just written and thought about what we would like our “dream house” to be. We know that the title of the work we are about to begin is called The House on Mango Street, and we talked about vignettes and how despite their short length, there is much more “below the surface.” Let us see if we can discover the complexity beneath the seemingly simple first vignette. Motivation: What is the name of the first vignette? Why does Cisneros choose to title her first vignette “The House on Mango Street”, which is also the title of the entire collection? What is the significance? Transition: You all read the first three vignettes last night, so who can tell me why they think Cisneros chooses to duplicate the title and use it twice? Remember, we are forgetting all
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