Sandra Cisneros : Teacher Resource File

Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center Sandra Cisneros page. You will find biography, bibliography, lesson plans, book reviews and ERIC resources on this page. For other authors please visit Authors and Illustrators in Children's and Young Adults' Literature. The ISLMC is a preview site for librarians, teachers, parents and students. You can search this site, use an index or site map. Page revised 01/28/00.


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Biography

Voices from the Gaps : Sandra Cisneros
Biography; bibliography; professional references.
From Voices from the Gap. Excellent site.
Sandra Cisneros
Biography and book reviews. From American Literature Home Page
Sandra Cisneros
Biography, influences on her writing style. Las Mujeres
Interview with Sandra Cisneros, by Reed Dasenbrock
Discussion on how Spanish language influences her writing
Sandra Cisneros
Very brief statement on her with excerpt from her book,
Loose Women
Sandra Cisneros Pathfinder
Reference bibliography for students doing research on Cisneros.

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Unit/Lesson Plans

The House on Mango Street
High ability 9th & 10th grade; from NCTE
SCORE Cyberguide: Guia del Maestro: Las Casa en Mango Street
House on Mango Street cyberguide in Spanish
Visual Arts, Literary Arts, and Performing Arts: Their Connection and Place in America's Minority Culture
Unit plan. Grades 5-8. By Kenneth B. Hilliard. From Yale-New Haven Lesson Plans
Pathways to The Imagination 'creative Writing 101'
Grades 9 - 12. By Gerene Freeman. From Yale-New Haven Lesson Plans
Pathways to the Creative Imagination: "Creative Writing 101"
Unit plan by Gerene Freeman. Grades 9 - 12. From Yale New Haven Lesson Plans
Survey of Latin-American Culture Through Literature
Uses short story, "The Eyes of Zapata" from Woman Hollering Creek
House on Mango Street: A Teacher's Guide From Vintage Books
"His Story" [Short Story]
From My Wicked, Wicked Ways; review and curricular uses
from Medical Humanities
Eaglecrest High School. Honors Reading List
Includes Woman Hollering Creeand The House on
Mango Street

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Book Reviews/Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
Book review from TeachNet
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories Book reviews

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ERIC Resources

If the ERIC links do not work, please search ERIC for relevant articles directly at AskERIC.

Battling Machismo in the Poetry and Prose of Sandra Cisneros

By Russell D. Breshears. [Woman Hollering Creek]. ED390049.
Teaching American Ethnic Literatures: Nineteen Essays
Includes Hispanic literature. Edited by John R. Maitino and David R. Peck. ED398098.
Coming of Age in Novels by Rudolfo Anaya and Sandra Cisneros
By Diane Klein EJ449795.
Growing Up Chicana/o: An Anthology
By Tiffany Ana Lopez. ED402145.
Daughters of the Fifth Sun: A Collection of Latina Fiction and Poetry
Edited by Bryce Milligan and others. ED400536.
16 Extraordinary Hispanic Americans
By Nancy Lobb. ED395045.
Teacher Book Clubs: A Study of Teachers' and Student Teachers' Participation in Contemporary Multicultural Fiction Literature Discussion Groups. Reading Research Project No. 22
By James Flood and others. ED379597.
Growing Up Latino: Memoirs and Stories. Reflections on Life in the United States
[Hispanic literature] Edited by Harold Augenbraum and Ilan Stavans. ED363481.
Developmental Education: How "Novel" Can We Make It?
By Kathryn Keen. [House on Mango Street]. EJ508185.
A Ride Down Mango Street
By Thomas O'Malley. EJ559434.
The Latino Reader: An American Literary Tradition from 1542 to the Present
[Hispanic literature] Edited by Harold Augenbraum and others. ED415509.


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