A House, A Home

After reading “House on Mango Street,” the first section in the book, this is a great way to help students visualize the Mango Street house and compare/contrast it to their own.
One of the main themes of House on Mango Street is the idea of a house vs. a home–and how one may live in a physical house, but it might not feel like a home.

This activity is fun, and also challenges students to draw out examples/evidence from the text to go along with their pictures! The kids really enjoyed coloring, and some really got creative with their pictures!

I had them share in small groups, and four even presented in front of the entire class! [Download here!]

Here are a few of my student examples!

Comparing the House on Mango Street to our own houses!

Explaining parts of our homes and using textual evidence to describe Esperanza’s house

Love the color and detail in this example!