House on Mango Street Close Reading Worksheet ("Four Skinny Trees")

House on Mango Street Close Reading Worksheets Bundle

Help students go beyond basic reading comprehension and develop close reading analysis skills with this bundle of rigorous worksheets covering *The House on Mango Street* by Sandra Cisneros. Each activity focuses on a single vignette from the novel and helps readers get a better sense of how the author's literary style develops character and advances plot. Answer keys are provided, and all materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. These resources may facilitate small-group discussions in which students decode language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development. Using these resources for structured guidance, students will improve their ability to present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly and convincingly. By engaging with these activities, students will do the following: * Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly * Define complex words or phrases as they are used in the text * Discern the intended effects of the author's stylistic choices * Explore cause-and-effect relationships * Examine how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact * Compare and contrast characters * Explore a variety of objects for symbolic value * Apply knowledge of literary devices including metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, repetition, situational irony, dramatic irony, and more * Articulate the greater significance of given details * Explore important social concepts such as gender inequality and institutional bias * Conduct brief research on relevant topics * Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant textual evidence * Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision * And more