Inside Out and Back Again is an award winning, historical fiction novel by Thanhha Lai. It is 1975 and ten-year-old Hà lives with her mother and three brothers in Saigon, which is about to be taken over by the North Vietnamese. The family decides to make the dangerous journey to flee as refugees to the United States. Engage and educate students with Storyboard That premade activities!
Students can plot the characters of a book and write about each characters physical / personality traits, their interactions with others and the challenges they face.
Storyboard Text
Physical / Personality Traits: How does this character interact with others in the book? What challenges does this character face?
KIM HÀ
Physical / Personality Traits: How does this character interact with others in the book? What challenges does this character face?
HÀ'S MOTHER
Physical / Personality Traits: How does this character interact with others in the book? What challenges does this character face?
BROTHER QUANG
BROTHER VŪ
Physical / Personality Traits: How does this character interact with others in the book? What challenges does this character face?
Physical / Personality Traits: How does this character interact with others in the book? What challenges does this character face?
BROTHER KHÔI
HÀ'S FATHER
Physical / Personality Traits: How does this character interact with others in the book? What challenges does this character face?
UNCLE SON
Physical / Personality Traits: How does this character interact with others in the book? What challenges does this character face?
Physical / Personality Traits: How does this character interact with others in the book? What challenges does this character face?
THE COWBOY
Physical / Personality Traits: How does this character interact with others in the book? What challenges does this character face?
MISS SCOTT
MRS. WASHINGTON
Ba, Tết, 1966
Physical / Personality Traits: How does this character interact with others in the book? What challenges does this character face?
PAM
Physical / Personality Traits: How does this character interact with others in the book? What challenges does this character face?
STEVEN
Physical / Personality Traits: How does this character interact with others in the book? What challenges does this character face?