Inside Out and Back Again by Thannha Lai by Bethany Acker https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo Selecting & Using Quality Literature en-us 2018-10-01 21:58:18 UTC 2023-03-16 02:54:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/221073732/f7346616cd521feebc43f320c125a708/io_final_art_web_size_square.png What's Inside? acker_b https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287890577 Lai's novel in verse, Inside Out and Back Again, recounts Hà's experience as a young refugee now living in the United States after fleeing Saigon with her family. Lai's poetry, pulling from personal experience, highlights Hà's challenges as she leaves her home and enters a foreign nation with a different culture. ]]> 2018-10-01 22:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287890577 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2011 acker_b https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287892422 2018-10-01 22:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287892422 Newberry Honor, 2012 acker_b https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287893235 2018-10-01 22:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287893235 Additional Awards acker_b https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287893390
  • Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor for Older Children, 2012
  • ALA Notable Children 's Book 2012, Middle;
  • Booklist 2011 Editors' Choice, Books for Youth, Fiction, Middle Reader
  • Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books of 2011
  • Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books 2011, Fiction
  • SLJ Best Books of 2011, Fiction
  • Booklist Lasting Connections of 2012, Social Studies
  • Notable Children's Book in the English Language Arts, 2012
  • CCBC Choices, 2012
  • Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2012, World History & Culture

    • Provided by www.thanhhalai.com
    ]]>     2018-10-01 23:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287893390     Quality Literature acker_b https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287893631 Inside Out and Back Again is a coming-of-age novel that all adolescents can connect to as the protagonist faces her dreams, grief, and new challenges as an outside looking in. Along with being relatable, this book is accessible for many different readers. Since the story is told in verse, the author uses few words to create a powerful story. Reluctant readers will not find this book too daunting to pick up as the pages are not full of lengthy prose. The narrator's humor will also keep young readers interested as they laugh along side Hà's experiences.  

    In reference to diversity, this text introduces a different voice to young readers in the form of a young Vietnamese refugee. Through Hà's voice, readers learn about Vietnamese culture and some of the language; a culture not widely written about in US YA literature. Readers also are able to see and relate or empathize with a refugee's experiences. Hà's story may open a young reader's mind to perspective (s)he may have yet to consider. ]]>     2018-10-01 23:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287893631     acker_b https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287894596 2018-10-01 23:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287894596 Who is Thannha Lai? acker_b https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287895119 Thannha Lai was born in Saigon, Vietnam. She immigrated the Montgomery, Alabama after the war. She resides in New York with her family. Lai's second book, Listen Slowly, was published in 2015. ]]> 2018-10-01 23:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287895119 Classroom Implementation acker_b https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287898869 CC.1.3: Reading Literature: Students read and respond to works of literature - with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence

    This book could be added into two units in my seventh grade ELA curriculum.

    This book could be used in a poetry unit. This book could be one option among other novels told in verse by diverse authors (Kwame Alexander, Jacqueline Woodson, Jayson Reynolds, etc.) for literature circles. With groups, students could read and reflect on author's craft in reference to poetic devices while discussing the development across common themes. At the end of the literature circles, students can share common themes across all the novel options. This can also lead to a discussion about diverse voices and the significance of reading from diverse authors.

    If not used in a poetry unit, I could use excerpts from this book to pair with my novel unit where the class reads Esperanza Rising. Students could discuss the similarities and differences between the two protagonists and their experiences. Students could also research and discuss the differences between immigrants and refugees using the two protagonists as examples of each. These two novels, although set in history, can be compared to many similar events occurring now and could spark insightful discussion amongst students. 

    This book could also be utilized by Social Studies teachers, especially when discussing different cultures. 

    ]]>     2018-10-01 23:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287898869     Excerpts Read by the Author acker_b https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287901721 2018-10-02 00:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287901721 acker_b https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287902530 2018-10-02 00:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287902530 NPR Interview with the Author acker_b https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287903080 2018-10-02 00:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/acker_b/uv0rr0tqknqo/wish/287903080