Lexile Level: 800L
Awards: Newbery Honor, 2012; National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2011
Target Age: Grade 5
This novel in verse is told from the perspective of Ha, who is travelling to America after her city Saigon, falls under siege during the war in Viet Nam. Ha has her share of troubles, but for the most part, is willing to move to America.
Brother Quang says this about moving:
"How can we scramble away
like rats,
without honor, without dignity,
when everyone must help
rebuild the country?"
(Lai, p. 44)
In groups of two, write a dialog between Ha and Brother Quang talking about their mother's decision to move the family to America. After peer revision, you will perform your dialog with your partner.
Learning Standard:
Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text
Learning Goal:
Students will discover interpersonal relationship dynamics between characters in the text.
Learning Outcome:
Students will understand the interpersonal relationship dynamic between brother and sister in Inside out and back again.
Learning Objective:
Students will write and perform a dialog from the perspectives of Sister Ha and Brother Quang from the novel, Inside out and back again.
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