Notes
[1] García Márquez, Gabriel. Living to Tell the Tale. Translated by Edith Grossman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
[2] Street, Brian V. Literacy in Theory and Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984.
[3] Hammond, Zaretta. Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2015.
[4] Christopher J. Wagner, "Learning to Be Readers and Writers through Identity-Based Instruction," Language Arts 102, no. 2 (2024): 81.
[5] Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street (New York: Vintage Books, 1991), 3-5.
[6] Ibid., 108.
[7] Cofer, Judith Ortiz. The Latin Deli: Prose and Poetry. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1993.
[8] Alberto D. Yazon, Cultural Diversity and Education: Foundations, Curriculum, and Teaching (Oakville, ON: Arcler Education Incorporated, 2024).
[9] American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, “Use Authentic Texts,” in Guiding Principles for Language Learning, accessed July 24, 2026, https://www.actfl.org/educator-resources/guiding-principles-for-language-learning/use-authentic-texts
[10] Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street (New York: Vintage Books, 1991).
[11] Penguin Random House, "The House on Mango Street Reader's Guide," accessed August 3, 2026, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/27844/the-house-on-mango-street-by-sandra-cisneros/readers-guide/.
[12] Rudolfo Anaya, Bless Me, Ultima (Berkeley, CA: Tonatiuh-Quinto Sol International, 1972).
[13] National Endowment for the Humanities, "Rudolfo Anaya," Humanities, Fall 2016, accessed August 3, 2026, https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2016/fall/feature/rudolfo-anaya.
[14] Esmeralda Santiago, When I Was Puerto Rican (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1993).
[15] Esmeralda Santiago, "Biography," accessed August 3, 2026, https://esmeraldasantiago.com/biography.
[16] Judith Ortiz Cofer, The Latin Deli: Prose and Poetry (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1993).
[17] Poetry Foundation, "Judith Ortiz Cofer," accessed August 3, 2026, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/judith-ortiz-cofer.
[18] Carmen Lomas Garza, Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia (San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1990).
[19] George Flaherty, "Carmen Lomas Garza, Tamalada," Smarthistory, November 30, 2023, accessed August 3, 2026, https://smarthistory.org/carmen-lomas-garza-tamalada/.
[20] Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street, 3-5.
[21] Ibid., 28.
[22] Ibid., 76-78.
[23] Ibid., 10
[24] Ibid., 43–45.
[25] Ibid., 108.
[26] Christopher J. Wagner, "Learning to Be Readers and Writers through Identity-Based Instruction, 77.
[27] Rudolfo Anaya, Bless Me, Ultima (Berkeley, CA: TQS Publications, 1972), 13.
[28] Esmeralda Santiago, When I Was Puerto Rican (New York: Vintage Books, 1994), 12.
[29] Carmen Lomas Garza, Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia (San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1990), 22-23.
[30] Cornell University Learning Strategies Center, "The Cornell Note Taking System," accessed August 14, 2026, https://lsc.cornell.edu/how-to-study/taking-notes/cornell-note-taking-system/. The Learning Strategies Center explains that Cornell Notes encourage students to record information, identify key ideas, review learning through questions, and summarize understanding after reading or instruction.
[31] Carmen Lomas Garza, Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia (San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1990), 12-27.
[32] Delaware Department of Education, Delaware World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Dover, DE: Delaware Department of Education, 2016).
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