Inside Out and Back Again Part 1

Test 10.11 Study Session

Inside Out and Back again

What questions do you have about this test?

Open Ended

What is your first initial and last name?

Poll

I did read Inside Out and Back again

• Yes! I finished the entire book :) (Listening to someone else counts!)

• Well...I read most of it.

• Hmmm...I read some of it.

• I did not read any of it :(

• Separated into paragraphs

• Must follow grammar rules

• May have sound elements, setting, characters, dialogue, figurative langue, and/or themes.

Prose

• Separated in stanzas

• Often has rhyme and meter

• May have sound elements, setting, characters, dialogue, figurative langue, and/or themes.

Poetry

Poetry V Prose

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Question 1: What is true about Poetry?

Choose ALL correct answers :)

• It has stanzas

• It has paragraphs

• It has themes

• It has figurative language

• It must follow grammar rules

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Question 1: What is true about Prose?

Choose ALL correct answers :)

• It has stanzas

• It has paragraphs

• It has themes

• It has figurative language

• It must follow grammar rules

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Question 1: What is true about Poetry Part 2?

Choose ALL correct answers :)

• It has characters

• It has dialogue

• It frequently has rhyme and meter

• It may use sound elements

• It has a setting

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Question 1: What is true about Prose Part 2?

Choose ALL correct answers :)

• It has characters

• It has dialogue

• It frequently has rhyme and meter

• It may use sound elements

• It has a setting

Dialogue

People speak in different ways :)

• Southern dialect: that is the way that most people speak in the south. Words like "reckon," "y'all," "enuf," and "tryin."

• Register: you can change how you speak. For example, you may use a formal register with someone you think is important, but an informal one with a friend.

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Question 2: "I reckon that's some sorta drink? Are y'all tryin' to say soda?"

How is this person talking?

• With a southern dialect

• With slang no one can understand

• With a more formal dialect

Multiple Choice

Question 2:

If someone says "Can you please tell me which exhibit we will visit next?" to a museum guide, and then tells his friend "Chill! Toldja." What is he doing?

• Speaking to his friend with a formal register

• Speaking to the guide with an informal register

• Changing his register depending on who he is talking with

Figurative Language

This is language that is not literal. It explains things usually using similes and metaphors such as "as tall as a house!" and "the sun was a big beach ball."

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Question 3 Which of these uses figurative language? Click on ALL the ones that do.

• "the morning air glides cool/ like a constant washcloth/ against my face"

• "I repeat/ Ha, and I wish I knew/ enough English"

• "The needle a worm/ laying tiny eggs/ that sink into the brown cloth."

• Pedal, pedal/ Mother's feet/ push the sewing machine."

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Question 3 Which of these uses figurative language? Click on ALL the ones that do.

• "makes a handle/ to be strapped across/ the wearer's chest."

• "The pity giver/ feels better,/ never the pity receiver."

• "Turn right where flowers/ big as dinner plates/ grow strangely blue."

• "paperwork, paperwork/ with a woman who/ pats my head."

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Question 4: How does the figurative language here affect the meaning of the text?

The figurative langue describes bombs as being "like thunder/ slashes/ lighten the sky/ gunfire/ falls like rain."

• It shows how intense the attacks are, even though they are far away.

• It shows how beautiful the bombs are.

• It shows that they happen every evening.

• It shows that the bombs are violent and not necessary.

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Question 4: How does the figurative language here affect the meaning of the text?

After Brother Quang says the American government is not being generous, "Mother's face crinkles/ like paper on fire./ She tells Brother Quang/ to clamp shut his moth."

• It shows how mother respects Brother Quang's opinion

• It shows that mother has no doubt that leaving Vietnam was the best choice.

• It shows that mother is worried that the American government is tricking them.

• It shows that mother will not let anyone put the American government's sponsorship at risk.

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Question 4: How does the figurative language here affect the meaning of the text?

"School!/ I wake up with/ dragonflies/ zipping through/ my gut."

• It explains the idea of school making Ha sick.

• It shows how nervous Ha feels about her first day of school.

• It shows that Ha is looking forward to meeting new people.

• It shows how excited she is to go back to school.

Tone

The tone of a story shows how it makes you feel. Does it make you feel happy? Sad? Angry? Conentent?

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Question 5 Which BEST shows a hopeless tone?

• "There won't be a South Vietnam/ left to abandon."

• "As if the navy/ would abandon its country?"

• "You must think, do, wish/ for nothing else."

• "Not without knowing/ what I am agreeing to."

• "Until you children/ master English."

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Question 5 Which BEST shows an argumentative tone?

• "There won't be a South Vietnam/ left to abandon."

• "As if the navy/ would abandon its country?"

• "You must think, do, wish/ for nothing else."

• "Not without knowing/ what I am agreeing to."

• "Until you children/ master English."

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Question 5 Which BEST shows a warning tone?

• "There won't be a South Vietnam/ left to abandon."

• "As if the navy/ would abandon its country?"

• "You must think, do, wish/ for nothing else."

• "Not without knowing/ what I am agreeing to."

• "Until you children/ master English."

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Question 6 Which BEST shows a menacing tone?

• "She says it over and over/ like a chang/ slowly."

• "Not that I care/ to understand/ what Pink Boy says."

• "We each have but one pair,/ much needed/ during this dry season/ when the earth stings."

• "This year's banh chung,/ eaten only during Tet,/ will be smeared in blood."

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Question 6 Which BEST shows a frustrated tone?

• "A lion's paw rips up my throat,/ still I scream,"

• "Not that I care/ to understand/ what Pink Boy says."

• "I count in English," forcing it/ to the front/ of my mind."

• "This year's banh chung,/ eaten only during Tet,/ will be smeared in blood."

Context Clues

Don't know what a word means? Use context clues!

Multiple Choice

Question 7: "...I Ching Teller of Fate./ This year he predicts/ our lives will twist inside out."

What MOST LIKELY is the meaning of predicts?

• goes on a journey seeking adventure.

• causes confusion

• says that something could happen in the future.

• watches over.

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Question 7: "Pink Boy writhes on the pavement./ I thought I would love/ seeing him in pain./ But..."

What is MOST LIKELY the meaning of writhes

• watches very closely

• turns from side to side due to suffering

• changes direction suddenly

• struggles to regain footing after falling

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Question 7: "MiSSSisss WaSShington says/ If every learner waits/ to speak perfectly...Being stubborn/ won't make you fluent./ Practicing will!"

What MOST LIKELY is the meaning of fluent?

• showing mastery of a language

• requiring experience

• resisting change

• demonstrating patience

Theme is the lesson the characters learn.

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Question 8: If Ha's mom puts grief away and takes over the support of the family, what is the theme of that?

• It is easier to make sacrifices in war.

• Mothers handle stress better than fathers.

• People should not ignore their emotions.

• Tragedy often reveals one's strength and character

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Question 8: If Ha tells her mom about things she did in the past that she feels bad about, what is the theme of that?

• Some things are better left unsaid.

• Your old actions define who you are as a person.

• There is comfort in taking responsibility for one's own actions.

• It is safer to suffer in silence than confess and risk punishment.

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Question 9: If Ha tells her mom about how she feels alone and feels better, what theme does that show?

• It shows that problems usually go away if we ignore them.

• If you share with others, you feel less alone.

• It shows that avoiding things are better.

• It proves that school can be overwhelming.

Refugees today

Ha's family is like other refugee families that come to the US today because:

1. When their homeland becomes too dangerous for them to survive, people like Ha's family are forced to see safety in another country.

2. They feel frustrated and isolated because the language and culture are very different than where they are from.

3. Many families are made to feel like they do not belong because people have trouble accepting others who are different.

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Question 10: Both Ha's family and refugee families today...

• Go to the US because they are too poor

• Go to the US because their home country is too dangerous

• Do not always feel like they belong

• Are welcomed right away

• They distrust anyone who is different than them.

​Cause and Effect

Different aspects of Ha's culture have different effects on her.

For example, because her family is Buddhist, she changs to soothe her mind when she is upset by the way others treat her.

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Question 11 What is the effect of education being important in her culture?

• She feels frustrated that she cannot understand English even though she is smart.

• She feels sorry for the other students who do not appreciate learning as much as she does.

• She is excited that she can learn English and proud to teach other students about Vietnam.

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Question 11 What is the effect of men and women being viewed differently in her culture?

• She rejects it and embarrasses her family by acting out

• She thinks it is unfair and resists whenever she can.

• She always behaves so that she would not be punished.