CONCLUDING ASSIGNMENT

Some of the written projects published as part of the students' concluding assignment for their unit on House on Mango Street.

Students will demonstrate their understanding of the issues raised in the text, and the essential question, by producing the following:

• Commentary and reflection worksheets

• Autobiographical essays

• An autobiographical book with a focus on Human Rights issues and cultural experiences.

• An oral presentation that shows the student’s understanding of a Human Rights issue that arose in the text and/or from an autobiographical essay (e.g. racism, discrimination, women’s rights, rights of the child, or human rights).

SUGGESTED COMPONENT

Students are encouraged to write reflective essays that not only address Human Rights issues, but also respond directly to the "essential questions," outlined herein and discuss Human Rights issues that arose from reading House on Mango Street.