and be sure to respect copyright protections. Finally, before you bring these short stories for middle schoolers to your classroom, make sure the material (and whatever twist ending is
In the short story “The House on Mango Street” Sandra Cisneros unfolds her childhood memories where she and her family struggled with poor living conditions on the way to their own house, and she seems to suffer from it more than anyone of the family. When one day they finally get the ...
Sandra is known for her first novel, The House on Mango Street, published in 1983 and her short story collection Women Hollering Creek and Other Stories published in 1991. The works of Sandra Cisneros deal with emerging subject positions and experiments with literary forms. Cisneros grew up in...
which makes reading and analyzing short stories fun. Second, high schoolers love to read texts that pack an emotional punch, which is short stories all the way. Use these short stories to teach close reading, literary devices,
Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros turns to the mythical-historical figure of La Malinche and La Llorona processing, reinterpreting and adding to the valences of the two mythological figures in order to rebuilt and reassert Chicana identity. The aim of this study is to investigate the way in...
“I just want to tell a story, and if people listen, and if it stays with you, it’s a story.”—Sandra Cisneros “Once you start making lists or devising rules for stories . . . some writer will be sure to happen along and casually break every abstract rule you or anyone else ...
Cisneros’s stories shine like this across the board: luminescent, somber, and transcendent, balanced by sharp whips like; “Once you tell a man he’s pretty there’s no turning back.” The prose in this collection is unlike any other I have read, lyrical and wholly fresh. H...
If you’re a fan of The House on Mango Street, you’ll love this spinoff bySandra Cisneros. This short story focuses on Marin and Geraldo, two people in Esperanza’s life. A wonderful story that teaches about race and class, it follows similar themes as those in To Kill a Mockingbird...
Here are some free short stories to read online. These very short stories are perfect for high school or middle school students or anyone who loves reading.