1. Lesson 2 Learning Targets: I can:
Review Learning Targets
Lesson 2 Learning Targets:
I can:
• Make inferences to deepen my understanding of
Inside Out & Back Again.
Inferences-determining meaning based on things not directly stated in the text.
•Cite evidence from the novel to explain how incidents reveal aspects of Ha’s character.
•Use context clues to figure out word meanings.
•Participate in discussions about the text with a partner, small group, and the whole class.
Lesson Two
         Launching the Novel: Character Analysis of Ha      

2. A. Engaging the Reader: Orienting to the Novel’s Text Structure
“No one would believe me, but at times I would prefer wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama.” Pg.195
Based on what you saw and read in Lesson One, what do you think might have to happen to a little girl to make her say that she would prefer war at home in Saigon (Vietnam) to peace in Alabama?
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Launching the Novel: Character Analysis of Ha

3. What do you notice about how this novel is written?
A. Engaging the Reader: Orienting to the Novel’s Text Structure
Browse through the pages of the novel and consider these questions one at a time.
What do you notice about how this novel is written?
How is it like other novels you have read?
How is it different?
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Launching the Novel: Character Analysis of Ha

4. A. Engaging the Reader: Orienting to the Novel’s Text Structure
So, what did we notice?
Diary entries (dated)
Written in free verse poetry
~no regular rhythm or rhyming pattern
~looks like a poem with stanzas
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Launching the Novel: Character Analysis of Ha

5. Things Close Readers Do
2. Work Time
A. Introduce “Things Close Readers Do” Using “1975: Year of the Cat”
We will keep notes and use these notes throughout the Unit. All assessments for this Unit will be open notes so be sure to take complete notes.
Start a new page/side for this chart.
Things Close Readers Do
(we will keep adding items to this chart, so it should be on its own page.)
Get the gist - figure out what the text is mostly about.
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Launching the Novel: Character Analysis of Ha

6. Read along silently as I read aloud. Listen for the gist of the poem.
2. Work Time
A. Introduce “Things Close Readers Do” Using “1975: Year of the Cat”
Read along silently as I read aloud. Listen for the gist of the poem.
What is the gist of this poem (your sense of what it is mostly about)?
What do you notice about the language the author is using? What details really strike you as you read this poem? Why? (1’s share)
Lesson Two
Launching the Novel: Character Analysis of Ha

7. Re-read this poem independently and silently.
2. Work Time
A. Introduce “Things Close Readers Do” Using “1975: Year of the Cat”
Your Turn:
Re-read this poem independently and silently.
Think about: What have you learned about Ha in this very first poem?
What details did you notice in the text that help you learn about Ha.
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Launching the Novel: Character Analysis of Ha

8. Academic Vocabulary Reminder
Inference-
Take something from the text and combine it with something you already know in order to figure something out.
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Launching the Novel: Character Analysis of Ha

9. Who is Ha? Lesson Two Detail/Evidence Information about Ha Page
Inference/Reasoning
What this shows about Ha’s interests, traits, values, or beliefs
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Launching the Novel: Character Analysis of Ha

10. 2. How does the family celebrate Tet?
2. Work Time
B. Answering Text-Dependent Questions: “1975: Year of the Cat” (10 minutes)
1. Tet is a special day. When is Tet, and what two events are celebrated on Tet?
2. How does the family celebrate Tet?
3. How does this special day affect the other days?
4. What does Ha do that might bring bad luck?
5. What can you infer about the narrator based on this action ?
Lesson Two
Launching the Novel: Character Analysis of Ha

11. Read pages 4-9 for the gist
Reread “1975: Year of the Cat,” add to notes, and read pages 4–9 for gist
Re-read “1975: Year of the Cat.” Add at least three more details to your notes that helped you learn about Ha.
Read pages 4-9 for the gist
Homework: Continue reading your independent reading book. Fill out Blue Sheet for Week #4
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Launching the Novel: Character Analysis of Ha

12. Add to your anchor chart “Things Close Readers Do”
3. Closing and Assessment
A. Debrief: Adding to Our “Things Close Readers Do” Anchor Chart
Add to your anchor chart “Things Close Readers Do”
Re-read
Cite evidence
How did you do with today’s learning targets?
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Launching the Novel: Character Analysis of Ha

14. Lesson 3 Learning Targets: I can:
1. Opening
B. Review Learning Targets
Lesson 3 Learning Targets:
I can:
• Make inferences to deepen my understanding of
Inside Out & Back Again.
Inferences-determining meaning based on things not directly stated in the text.
•Cite evidence from the novel to explain how incidents reveal aspects of Ha’s character.
•Use context clues to figure out word meanings.
•Participate in discussions about the text with a partner, small group, and the whole class.
Lesson Three
        Inferring about Character     

15. Scan pages 4-9 to refresh your thinking of the GIST
A. Engaging the Reader: The Gist Mix and Mingle
Scan pages 4-9 to refresh your thinking of the GIST
Mix and Mingle
Find another student
Share the GIST of the reading with your partner for 2 minutes
Lesson Three
Inferring about Character   

16. Was your idea of the gist the same as your partner’s?
A. Engaging the Reader: The Gist Mix and Mingle
Was your idea of the gist the same as your partner’s?
Did you remember something else as you shared and listened?
Lesson Three
Inferring about Character   

17. Lesson Three
Inferring about Character   

18. Lesson Three 2. “Inside Out” Text-Dependent Questions
How do the events in this poem connect to the first poem we read, “1975: Year of the Cat,” and the title of the novel, Inside Out & Back Again?
Cold call on students to offer their insights and explain that talking about what they are reading is important way to deepen their understanding of text. It is something “close readers do.”
Lesson Three
Inferring about Character   

19. Lesson Three 2. “Inside Out” Text-Dependent Questions
How do the events in this poem connect to the first poem we read, “1975: Year of the Cat,” and the title of the novel, Inside Out & Back Again?
Reminder: Predict on page 4
Prefix “pre” means “before” and “dict” means “to say or declare
Parallel with foretell on Page 1
Cold call on students to offer their insights and explain that talking about what they are reading is important way to deepen their understanding of text. It is something “close readers do.”
Lesson Three
Inferring about Character   

20. Lesson Three 2. “Inside Out” Text-Dependent Questions
2. What does the fortune-teller foretell about the family’s future?
Cold call on students to offer their insights and explain that talking about what they are reading is important way to deepen their understanding of text. It is something “close readers do.”
Lesson Three
Inferring about Character   

21. Lesson Three 2. “Inside Out” Text-Dependent Questions
3. Ha lives in a war-torn country. How does she hope her life will be turned inside out?
Cold call on students to offer their insights and explain that talking about what they are reading is important way to deepen their understanding of text. It is something “close readers do.”
Lesson Three
Inferring about Character   

22. Lesson Three 2. “Inside Out” Text-Dependent Questions
4. Ha knows that “inside out” probably means something different. What will probably happen?
Cold call on students to offer their insights and explain that talking about what they are reading is important way to deepen their understanding of text. It is something “close readers do.”
Lesson Three
Inferring about Character   

23. B. Guided Practice-Quick Write
In order to keep track of thinking, or think more carefully about specific sections of text, we will complete a QuickWrite.
A short piece of written analysis about text.
QuickWrite Chart

24. QuickWrite Chart Have I answered the prompt completely?
Is the evidence I provided relevant and complete?
Does my paragraph include the following?
A focus statement
At least three pieces of specific evidence from the text
For each piece of evidence, an analysis or explanation: what does this evidence mean?
A concluding sentence

25. QuickWrite Details
Well constructed paragraph including all sentences required from chart.
Anytime you do a QuickWrite, you will be able to use the novel, graphic organizers, notes, to help you.
Quickwrite Model

26. QuickWrite Model
Based on what you have read so far in the novel, what can you infer about what will happen to Ha and her family? Be sure to use details from the text to support your answer.

27. QuickWrite #1 Reread page 4-9 of Inside Out & Back Again
What kind of person is Ha? Use specific evidence from the text to write a paragraph in which you discuss one of Ha’s personality traits.
You may use your text and the notes you collected in your journal or note-catchers to help you write this paragraph. A complete paragraph will meet all the criteria listed on the QuickWrite Chart.

29. Things Close Readers Do
Get the Gist-figure out the meaning of the text
Reread, Reread
Cite evidence
Use details from the text to make inferences
Use context clues to figure out word meanings
Talk with others about text

30. Lesson 4 Read the first stanza on page 8 of the poem, “Papaya Tree.”
What is Ha referring to here?
What images do you notice on the cover?

32. Cover of Book
Based on your reading so far, what kind of tree can you infer this is?
You took something from the text, and something you already knew and put it together.

33. Lesson 4 Learning Targets: I can:
1. Opening
B. Review Learning Targets
Lesson 4 Learning Targets:
I can:
• Make inferences to deepen my understanding of
Inside Out & Back Again.
Inferences-determining meaning based on things not directly stated in the text.
•Cite evidence from the novel to explain how incidents reveal aspects of Ha’s character.
•Explain how the specific word choices in “Papaya Tree” create tone and help reveal meaning.
•Participate in discussions about the text with a partner, small group, and the whole class.
Lesson Four
Considering a Character’s Relationships with Others  

34. Lesson 4
The critical incident in the novel we will discuss today is about Ha’s papaya tree.
The incident, or event, is critical (crucial or very important) because Ha pays attention to it a lot and writes about it several times.
We need to infer about the meaning of the papaya tree.
Critical in this context means important. In other contexts, it can mean negative. For example: A friend is being critical of you.

35. Lesson 4
Silently reread “Papaya Tree” on pages 8 and 9. You’re reading for GIST. What is it mostly about?

36. Lesson 4
Now I will read it aloud for descriptive details. What new or important details struck you after hearing the poem read aloud?

37. Lesson 4 Did you notice these details? The seed is like a fish eye
Slippery/shiny/black
The size and color of the tree
“White blossom”
“Twice as tall as I stand”

38. Lesson 4
Descriptive details often help readers visualize what the writer is describing.
We will be paying close attention to this type of language throughout the sudy of the novel and will often reread key passages to pay particular attention to word choice.