Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
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Jordan Allison
Inside Out and Back Again is
an autobiographical story of 10-year-old Hà, who lives in Saigon for her entire life until one day when her family is forced to flee Vietnam. Hà, her mother, and her three brothers board a ship in an effort to escape the Vietnam War. Ultimately, they end up in Alabama, in the United States. There, she discovers a new world that is not always friendly toward her family. Through her experiences learning English, being bullied at school, and trying to find out what happened to her father, Hà discovers her own inner strength and the strength of her family.
Strategy Instruction Possibilities
Comprehension
- Use prior knowledge to predict and connect with text
- Use text fetures to learn important information
Accuracy
- Skip the word, then come back
Fluency
- Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody
- Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text
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- Apply understanding of figurative language
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