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How can scholars better understand the refugee experience? Pupils read Fox Butterfield's article "Panic Rises in Saigon, but the Exits are Few" and connect it to the novel Inside Out & Back Again. They annotate the text, looking for examples of challenges that refugees from South Vietnam faced.
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- Pre-teach lesson vocabulary to familiarize learners with unknown words and concepts
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- Lesson three of 20 from the Grade 8 ELA Module 1, Unit 2 series
- Expects familiarity with the book Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
- Expands on Unit 1
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