Inside Out and Back Again Lesson Plan

Loved One Interviews

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will interview a loved one to better understand their life story

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.8.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.3

Structure:

At the very end of the novel, in the Author's Note, Lại challenges us to sit close to a loved one and have them tell us their story. For this activity, students will be doing just that.

First, ask the class what "A loved one" means. Guide them to define it as something along the lines of one for whom a person has feelings of love, affection, and respect. Make it clear that a loved one need not only be family member, they may also be close friends,...