HOMS

=The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros =

Here are some resources for you to check out:

-THOMS and racism -Cultural Identity -Housing [|issues]in the US -Words that are like [|poetry] -Info on the author -Interview with the author -Video of the author -Another [|study guide] with background information

Read this poem. Does it sound like any of the people in Esperanza's 'hood? ="Sadie and Maud" by Gwendolyn Brooks =

Maud went to college. Sadie stayed home. Sadie scraped life With a fine toothed comb.

She didn't leave a tangle in Her comb found every strand. Sadie was one of the livingest chicks In all the land.

Sadie bore two babies Under her maiden name. Maud and Ma and Papa Nearly died of shame.

When Sadie said her last so-long Her girls struck out from home. (Sadie left as heritage Her fine-toothed comb.)

Maud, who went to college, Is a thin brown mouse. She is living all alone In this old house.