Summary:
This Non-Fiction book represents award winning themes. This book was written about a young elementary aged girl who experiences war while living in times through the Vietnam War. She is vibrant and carefree in this book. The author Lai re-tells this in 1st person and delivers her free-will to her readers in this book.
Evaluation of Genre:
The book is a Non-Fiction book suited for readers ages 8-12. It displays real events of life in Saigon Falls for Tha. She is enjoys the simplicity of being with her family and when she is torn out of her comfort zone of Saigon Falls, she begins to view the world differently.
Text:
Exploring herself and the world around her, she delivers creativity in writing about her world through her own eyes. Shes experiences many things while moving away from all that shes ever known and the text provides details of her change as well as her family when they move to the United States.
Guided Questions:
1. Why is Thanhha not impressed with her new homeland in Alabama?
2. What other ways does she prepare herself for the move?
3. Does Tha believe in family's decision to leave Saigon Falls?
Activity for grades 5th-6th:
*Write a summary of what it would be like to move to a foreign country you've never visited.
*Was the author delivering information to better help us understand her emotions and struggles?
Readers also enjoyed this book:
Lai, Thanhha. Inside Out & Back Again. Harper Collins Publishers, 2013
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ReplyDeleteHere is another activity that would go great for this story.PRE–READING ACTIVITY Activate Prior Knowledge Have students respond to the following prompts: What do you know about the Vietnam War? What questions do you have? Record students’ responses in the first two columns of a K–W–L (Know, Want to Know, Learned) chart. Then, how students a slideshow of photographs from the era and provide background information about the war. (If students are mature enough to view them, consider showing them some of the images described in the poem “War and Peace” in Inside Out and Back Again.) Return to the chart after the discussion to complete the third column. (SL.4.1c, SL.5.1c, SL.6.1c)