Ready Steady Read Together
Inside Out and Back Again: Poetry Lesson 3
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
For a family to leave, an American family must come to camp and sponsor a family.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What challenges does the family face in the ‘tent city’?
B) How has the girl, Hà, adapted to life in the ‘tent city’?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Another Tent City
We are flown
to another tent city
in humid, hot Florida,
where alligators are shown
as entertainment.
The people in charge
bring in Saigon-famous singers
to raise refugee spirits,
but faces keep twisting with worries.
For a family to leave,
an American must come to camp
and sponsor a family.
We wait and wait,
but Mother says a possible widow,
three boys, and a pouty girl
make too huge a family
by American standards.
A family of three
in the tent to our left
gets sponsored to Georgia;
the couple to our right
goes to South Carolina.
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Then by chance Mother learns
sponsors prefer those
whose applications say ‘Christians’.
Just like that
Mother amends our faith,
saying all beliefs
are pretty much the same.
July to early August
Newcomers leave before us.
Mother can barely eat,
while Brother Quang
picks the skin at his elbows.
I don’t mind being here.
My hair is growing
as I’ve become dark and strong
from running and swimming.
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
refugee
widow
sponsor
newcomers
applications
amends our faith
Explore
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
refugee
Explore
Find Read Talk
The people in charge bring in Saigon-famous singers
to raise refugee spirits,
but faces keep twisting with worries.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
refugee
Your turn
sponsor
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
widow
newcomers
applications
amends our faith
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Another Tent City
We are flown
to another tent city
in humid, hot Florida,
where alligators are shown
as entertainment.
The people in charge
bring in Saigon-famous singers
to raise refugee spirits,
but faces keep twisting with worries.
For a family to leave,
an American must come to camp
and sponsor a family.
We wait and wait,
but Mother says a possible widow,
three boys, and a pouty girl
make too huge a family
by American standards.
A family of three
in the tent to our left
gets sponsored to Georgia;
the couple to our right
goes to South Carolina.
Explore
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Then by chance Mother learns
sponsors prefer those
whose applications say ‘Christians’.
Just like that
Mother amends our faith,
saying all beliefs
are pretty much the same.
July to early August
Newcomers leave before us.
Mother can barely eat,
while Brother Quang
picks the skin at his elbows.
I don’t mind being here.
My hair is growing
as I’ve become dark and strong
from running and swimming.
Explore
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
We wait and wait,
but Mother says a possible widow,
three boys, and a pouty girl
make too huge a family
by American standards.
A family of three
in the tent to our left
gets sponsored to Georgia;
the couple to our right
goes to South Carolina.
Newcomers leave before us.
Mother can barely eat,
while Brother Quang
picks the skin at his elbows.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
We wait and wait,
but Mother says a possible widow, three boys, and a pouty girl make too huge a family by American standards.
A family of three in the tent to our left gets sponsored to Georgia;
the couple to our right goes to South Carolina.
Newcomers leave before us.
Mother can barely eat,
while Brother Quang picks the skin at his elbows.
Explore
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
We wait and wait,
but Mother says a possible widow,
three boys, and a pouty girl
make too huge a family
by American standards.
A family of three
in the tent to our left
gets sponsored to Georgia;
the couple to our right
goes to South Carolina.
Newcomers leave before us.
Mother can barely eat,
while Brother Quang
picks the skin at his elbows.
Explore
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What challenges does the family face in the ‘tent city’?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
We are flown
to another tent city
in humid, hot Florida,
where alligators are shown
as entertainment.
A) What challenges does the family face in the ‘tent city’?
Reveal Explainer
From a previous extract, we know that the family left their home on 27 April, which suggests the family has been living in tents for several months. The ‘humid, hot’ conditions would be very uncomfortable, particularly in a tent where the family is more exposed. The reference to the alligators also hints that they may not feel safe because of the local wildlife.
Teach
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) What challenges does the family face in the ‘tent city’?
B) How has the girl, Hà, adapted to life in the ‘tent city’?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - faces keep twisting with worries - mother can barely eat - Brother Quang picks the skin at his elbows
emotional strain or poor mental health
A) What challenges does the family face in the ‘tent city’?
Text Mark Evidence - for a family to leave, an American must come to camp and sponsor a family - we wait and wait
long, uncertain waiting period
Text Mark Evidence - Mother says a possible widow, three boys, and a pouty girl make too huge a family by American standards - a family of three in the tent to our left gets sponsored - the couple to our right goes - newcomers leave before us
disadvantage due to family size
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence Mother learns sponsors prefer those whose applications say ‘Christians’
judgement based on religion
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence I don’t mind being here
she is less anxious than the others
B) How has the girl, Hà, adapted to life in the ‘tent city’?
Text Mark Evidence my hair is growing
she sees the bright side or positives of the passage of time
Text Mark Evidence I’ve become dark and strong from running and swimming
she has benefitted from exercise and time outdoors
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘newcomers’?
Tick Me
We wait and wait,
but Mother says a possible widow,
three boys, and a pouty girl
make too huge a family
by American standards.
Why might Mother have used the words ‘a possible widow’?
Tick one:
A) Mother thinks sponsors might pity her if she says her husband is dead.
B) Mother tells others that she is a widow so she doesn’t have to explain where Father is.
Check
C) Mother knows that Father has died but had not told the children yet.
Click if correct
D) Mother does not actually know whether Father is dead or alive.
Which One's Right?
Then by chance Mother learns
sponsors prefer those
whose applications say ‘Christians’.
Just like that
Mother amends our faith,
saying all beliefs
are pretty much the same.
Which answer best completes the sentence? This suggests that Mother...
A) is dishonestand deceitful.
B) is practical and realistic.
D) doesn’t really careabout her faith.
C) is unable to translatethe application.
Link Me
Link each word to its correct definition:
A) a person who has to leave their country because it is no longer safe
1 refugee
B) a woman whose husband has died
2 sponsor
C) a person who agrees to help a family move and live in a new country
3 widow
Check
Click if correct
D) to change or alter
4 amend
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
think about your life.
Reveal
Connect the story to your own experiences.
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced from: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Inside Out and Back Again: Poetry Lesson 3
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
For a family to leave, an American family must come to camp and sponsor a family.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What challenges does the family face in the ‘tent city’?
B) How has the girl, Hà, adapted to life in the ‘tent city’?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Another Tent City
We are flown to another tent city in humid, hot Florida, where alligators are shown as entertainment. The people in charge bring in Saigon-famous singers to raise refugee spirits, but faces keep twisting with worries. For a family to leave, an American must come to camp and sponsor a family.
We wait and wait, but Mother says a possible widow, three boys, and a pouty girl make too huge a family by American standards. A family of three in the tent to our left gets sponsored to Georgia; the couple to our right goes to South Carolina.
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Then by chance Mother learns sponsors prefer those whose applications say ‘Christians’. Just like that Mother amends our faith, saying all beliefs are pretty much the same. July to early August
Newcomers leave before us. Mother can barely eat, while Brother Quang picks the skin at his elbows. I don’t mind being here. My hair is growing as I’ve become dark and strong from running and swimming.
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
refugee
widow
sponsor
newcomers
applications
amends our faith
Explore
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
refugee
Explore
Find Read Talk
The people in charge bring in Saigon-famous singers to raise refugee spirits, but faces keep twisting with worries.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
refugee
Your turn
sponsor
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
widow
newcomers
applications
amends our faith
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Another Tent City
We are flown to another tent city in humid, hot Florida, where alligators are shown as entertainment. The people in charge bring in Saigon-famous singers to raise refugee spirits, but faces keep twisting with worries. For a family to leave, an American must come to camp and sponsor a family.
We wait and wait, but Mother says a possible widow, three boys, and a pouty girl make too huge a family by American standards. A family of three in the tent to our left gets sponsored to Georgia; the couple to our right goes to South Carolina.
Explore
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Then by chance Mother learns sponsors prefer those whose applications say ‘Christians’. Just like that Mother amends our faith, saying all beliefs are pretty much the same. July to early August
Newcomers leave before us. Mother can barely eat, while Brother Quang picks the skin at his elbows. I don’t mind being here. My hair is growing as I’ve become dark and strong from running and swimming.
Explore
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
We wait and wait, but Mother says a possible widow, three boys, and a pouty girl make too huge a family by American standards. A family of three in the tent to our left gets sponsored to Georgia; the couple to our right goes to South Carolina.
Newcomers leave before us. Mother can barely eat, while Brother Quang picks the skin at his elbows.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
We wait and wait,
but Mother says a possible widow, three boys, and a pouty girl make too huge a family by American standards.
A family of three in the tent to our left gets sponsored to Georgia;
the couple to our right goes to South Carolina.
Newcomers leave before us.
Mother can barely eat,
while Brother Quang picks the skin at his elbows.
Explore
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
We wait and wait, but Mother says a possible widow, three boys, and a pouty girl make too huge a family by American standards. A family of three in the tent to our left gets sponsored to Georgia; the couple to our right goes to South Carolina.
Newcomers leave before us. Mother can barely eat, while Brother Quang picks the skin at his elbows.
Explore
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What challenges does the family face in the ‘tent city’?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
We are flown to another tent city in humid, hot Florida, where alligators are shown as entertainment.
A) What challenges does the family face in the ‘tent city’?
Reveal Explainer
From a previous extract, we know that the family left their home on 27 April, which suggests the family has been living in tents for several months. The ‘humid, hot’ conditions would be very uncomfortable, particularly in a tent where the family is more exposed. The reference to the alligators also hints that they may not feel safe because of the local wildlife.
Teach
From: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) What challenges does the family face in the ‘tent city’?
B) How has the girl, Hà, adapted to life in the ‘tent city’?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - faces keep twisting with worries - mother can barely eat - Brother Quang picks the skin at his elbows
emotional strain or poor mental health
A) What challenges does the family face in the ‘tent city’?
Text Mark Evidence - for a family to leave, an American must come to camp and sponsor a family - we wait and wait
long, uncertain waiting period
Text Mark Evidence - Mother says a possible widow, three boys, and a pouty girl make too huge a family by American standards - a family of three in the tent to our left gets sponsored - the couple to our right goes - newcomers leave before us
disadvantage due to family size
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence Mother learns sponsors prefer those whose applications say ‘Christians’
judgement based on religion
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence I don’t mind being here
she is less anxious than the others
B) How has the girl, Hà, adapted to life in the ‘tent city’?
Text Mark Evidence my hair is growing
she sees the bright side or positives of the passage of time
Text Mark Evidence I’ve become dark and strong from running and swimming
she has benefitted from exercise and time outdoors
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘newcomers’?
Tick Me
We wait and wait, but Mother says a possible widow, three boys, and a pouty girl make too huge a family by American standards.
Why might Mother have used the words ‘a possible widow’?
Tick one:
A) Mother thinks sponsors might pity her if she says her husband is dead.
B) Mother tells others that she is a widow so she doesn’t have to explain where Father is.
Check
C) Mother knows that Father has died but had not told the children yet.
Click if correct
D) Mother does not actually know whether Father is dead or alive.
Which One's Right?
Then by chance Mother learns sponsors prefer those whose applications say ‘Christians’. Just like that Mother amends our faith, saying all beliefs are pretty much the same.
Which answer best completes the sentence? This suggests that Mother...
A) is dishonestand deceitful.
B) is practical and realistic.
D) doesn’t really careabout her faith.
C) is unable to translatethe application.
Link Me
Link each word to its correct definition:
A) a person who has to leave their country because it is no longer safe
1 refugee
B) a woman whose husband has died
2 sponsor
C) a person who agrees to help a family move and live in a new country
3 widow
Check
Click if correct
D) to change or alter
4 amend
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
think about your life.
Reveal
Connect the story to your own experiences.
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced from: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai © 2013 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.