lesson 2 learning targets: i can: • make inferences to deepen my understanding of

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.

Launching the Novel: Character Analysis of Ha

Lesson Two

Review Learning Targets

Launching the Novel: Character Analysis of Ha Lesson Two

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?

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


Lesson Two

• 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?



Lesson Two

• Diary entries (dated)• Written in free verse poetry

~no regular rhythm or rhyming pattern

~looks like a poem with stanzas

So, what did we notice?



Lesson Two

2. Work Time A. Introduce “Things Close Readers Do”

Using “1975: Year of the Cat”

(we will keep adding items to this chart, so it should be on its own

page.)

• 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.

Get the gist - figure out what the text is mostly about.

Things Close Readers Do


Lesson Two

Read along silently as I read aloud. Listen for the gist of the poem.


Using “1975: Year of the Cat”

• 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)

• What is the gist of this poem (your sense of what it is mostly about)?


Lesson Two


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.


Lesson Two

Academic Vocabulary Reminder

Inference-Take something from the text and combine it with something you already know in order to figure something out.


Lesson Two

Detail/EvidenceInformation about Ha

Page Inference/ReasoningWhat this shows about Ha’s interests, traits, values, or beliefs

Who is Ha?


Lesson Two

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

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 gistHomework: Continue reading your

independent reading book. Fill out Blue Sheet for Week #4


Lesson Two

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-readCite evidence

How did you do with today’s learning targets?



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.

Inferring about Character

1. Opening

Lesson Three

B. Review Learning Targets

Inferring about Character Lesson Three

• Mix and Mingle• Find another student • Share the GIST of the reading

with your partner for 2 minutes

A. Engaging the Reader: The Gist Mix and Mingle

Scan pages 4-9 to refresh your thinking of the GIST


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?


2. “Inside Out” Text-Dependent Questions

1. 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?



1. 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 declareParallel with foretell on Page 1



2. What does the fortune-teller foretell about the family’s future?



3. Ha lives in a war-torn country. How does she hope her life will be turned inside out?



4. Ha knows that “inside out” probably means something different. What will probably happen?

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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?

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.



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.

Considering a Character’s Relationships with Others

1. Opening

Lesson Four

B. Review Learning Targets

Lesson 4The 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.

Lesson 4 Silently reread “Papaya Tree” on pages 8

and 9. You’re reading for GIST. What is it mostly about?

Lesson 4 Now I will read it aloud for descriptive

details. What new or important details struck you after hearing the poem read aloud?

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”

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.

lesson 2 learning targets: i can: • make inferences to deepen my understanding of

Documents

novels text structure

work time

things close readers

open notes

complete notes

saigon vietnam

free verse poetry

regular rhythm