The House on Mango Street Pre-reading

Directions:

1. Read each of the following statements carefully2. Decide whether you agree or disagree3. Raise your hand if you’d like to share your opinion4. Be prepared to defend your responses5. Students who are disrespectful to other students or making rude comments will earn a ZERO for the discussion

It is easy to judge someone by the kind of clothes that they wear.

Parents do not understand the problems

that teenagers face today.

People with money usually have more friends.

Home is a

safe place.

It is hard to be good friends with people who are different than you are.

Kids who are raised in the projects usually end up drinking, doing drugs, and running with gangs.

It is difficult for guys and girls to be good friends if they are not romantically

involved.