Inside Out and Back Again é um premiado romance de ficção histórica de Thanhha Lai. É 1975 e Hà, de dez anos, vive com sua mãe e três irmãos em Saigon, que está prestes a ser tomada pelos norte-vietnamitas. A família decide fazer a perigosa jornada para fugir como refugiada para os Estados Unidos. Envolva e eduque os alunos com atividades pré-fabricadas do Storyboard That!
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"MiSSSisss WaSShington saysif every learner waitsto speak perfectly,no one would learna new language ...They laugh.Shame on them!Challenge them to saysomething in Vietnameseand laugh right back."
Citações favoritas de dentro para fora e vice-versa
Hà confides in Mrs. Washington that she is bullied by her classmates when she makes mistakes speaking English. Mrs. Washington encourages Hà to speak as much as possible because it is only when you make mistakes that you learn! When Hà says that the children laugh at her, Mrs. Washington reminds Hà that those children probably don't know Vietnamese and she should be proud to know more than one language. She should certainly not be ashamed for not speaking English perfectly as it is her second language! This is a great reminder that we all learn through mistakes and practice. Nobody is born knowing everything!