One of nya and her journey to provide water for her family and the other, the true story of salva dut, one of the over 3,000 sudanese lost boys forced from their homes by war. This involves rereading and additional practice to. Planning body paragraphs for survival factors in a long walk to water. A long walk to water by linda sue park book talk grades 4. A long walk to water by linda sue park chapters 12 before you read the chapter. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Apr 03, 2014 a long walk to water book talk jordan griebner. I found a poem written by a local university student summarizing a long walk to water, which allowed me to use both graphic organizers in one sitting. A long walk to water novel unit plan for struggling readers. Resources to enhance the study of a long walk to water. A long walk to water by linda sue park is based on a true story. He goes back to new york to talk to people about his idea, so that he can raise some money. No one, it seemed, was sure where nuer land ended and dinka land began, so each tribe tried to lay chim to the areas richest in water. A long walk to water is a twovoice poem that states the different views of the people within the story.
A long walk to water graphic organizer pack by erika. What my students and i really like about this graphic organizer is that it also has a personal reaction to the poem. Nov 15, 2010 salva dut is 11 years old when war raging in the sudan separates him from his family. The protagonist in most novels features the main character or good guy. Graphic organizers for a long walk to water by creativity in. Ready to print and great for practicing literature skills. A long walk to water by linda sue park purchase it here. About the book parts of speech details story elements i also included a handout of story elements to be used in conjunction with the story elements graphic organizer. A lost boy is found salva was one of 40,000 lost to survive a life in sudan. Jun 14, 2016 the book, a long walk to water, by linda sue park, is one of the best books ive ever taught. First of all, alwtw a long walk to water is a book that has two perspectives, one in sudan 1985 by salva an 11yearold boy and one in sudan 2008 by nya an 11yearold girl. Nya has also grown familiar with the look of fear on her mothers face when nyas father. Social studies menu neat ideas will need to adapt and clarify for sure.
A long walk to water by linda sue park is based on the true story of salva dut, one of the lost boys from sudan during the second sudanese civil war in 1985. Gathering evidence graphic organizer for teacher reference a long walk to water book. He was bringing these pumps to the villages of the dinkas, but then he decides to give the nuer tribe villages water too. If you do not have the ability to print in color or prefer not to, they may be printed in black and white. The book also includes a separate narrative about a girl named nya, which takes place in. You will participate in an activity called give one, get one, move on gogomo you will need a gogomo chart sheet. You can check out my complete unit here i roughly follow the nys module for the book, but i have so many wonderful experiences to share. To the pond and back to the pond and back nearly a full day of walking altogether. In the book a long walk to water by linda sue park there is a story about a boy named salva and his journey through life, and the struggles of being in sudan during the war. I can analyze how linda sue park develops and contrasts the points of view of nya and salva in a long walk to water. In this way, they avoid the fighting between their own. It turned out that the loud machine was a drill which was used to dig deep into the ground.
The wild robot writing activities book units teacher. The girl, nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours walk. When nya got home her mother took the container from her and poured water in three large jars. Required reading a long walk to water by linda sue park complete the bookinabox project which must be neat, colorful, and have proper headings for each topic. Direct the students to use the salvanya chart, their readers notes, and their gathering textual evidence graphic organizer to add ideas to the two columns on their own charts. A long walk to water activities book units teacher. Set a goal for them to accomplish by the end of the period. Free a long walk to water study unit worksheets for teachers to print.
Characters nya is a hardworking, african girl who has the job to get water for her family. A long walk to water, in my personal opinion, would be the next step up for these students because of the way in which the author chose to write the story. The crew drove to the pond and back several times a the pond water was piped into what looked like a gi ant plastic baga bag big enough to fill the entire bed of the truc. Novel units and interactive notebooks by middle school novel units.
Using routines for discussing a long walk to water and introducing juxtaposition chapters 9 and 10. Capirchioa long walk to water search this guide search. The first story is of nya, a girl from sudan, and the second story is of salva dut, a sudanese boy. A long walk to water freytags pyramid timeline timetoast. Once his project is made a program, he returns to sudan to give villages a water pump so they can have clean water right in the village. A long walk to water message from salva dut summary. Salva dut is 11 years old when war raging in the sudan separates him from his family. These graphic organizers are perfect to assess student comprehension while they are in book clubs, small groups. Gathering evidence graphic organizer one per student two voice poem. The new york times bestseller a long walk to water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two elevenyearolds in sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. Pdf teachers often request this image from my talk whodunit. I was more thrilled with the poetic reflections graphic organizer.
Gathering evidence from chapter 4 of a long walk to water second read 15 minutes distribute a new copy of the gathering evidence graphic organizer ii with textdependent question to each student and project it on a document camera or make a chart of it on chart paper or on your board. A long walk to water is primarily based on two stories that the author weaves together very skillfully. Nyas family has been coming to the lake for decades, so nya has gone to the lake for as long as shes been alive. Linda sue park wrote the book a long walk to water. This free printable with answer key included helps students keep track of the story. A long walk to water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in sudan in 2008 and a boy in sudan in 1985. Graphic organizers god grew tired of us venn diagram add at least three observations to each portion of the graphic organizer to showcase the similarities and differences between the literary and video versions of this story. A long walk to water graphic organizer pack by erika forth. A long walk to water chapter organizers to support your. I love letting my students have a choice in what they find important when reading a novel. There are not many books that have two differents stories going on at the same time.
The wild robot by peter brown combines a science fiction story involving a robot of the future with a fantasy in which animals talk. Nya was still confused, but did see that the pile of rocks and gravel got bigger everyday. The book is about a boy named salva and his journey while growing up away from him and walking from refugee camp to refugee camp in sudan, ethiopia, and kenya. Their stories are far apart in time, salvas story starts in 1985 and nyas in 2008 both in the country of sudan.
A long walk to water salva and nya thirst for more than water as their parallel stories unfold in linda sue parks a long walk to water. A long walk towater completeliteratureandgrammarunit interactivenotebookfora long walk towater novel units and graphic organizers by creativity in the classroom a long walk towater novelunitplusgrammar graphic. See more ideas about long walk to water, lost boys of sudan and water. The boy, salva, becomes one of the lost boys of sudan, refugees who cover.
The other villagers would use tools to break the rocks up into gravel. Free a long walk to water worksheets and literature unit for. The premium pro 50 gb plan gives you the option to download a copy of your binder to your local machine. The girl, nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours walk from her home. You to have water to find water water had to be flowing constantly into the borehole to keep the drill running smoothly.
Pdf download a long walk to water free unquote books. Nuec the nuer and the dinka had a long histo oftmubk. Think back on some of your favorite characters from. These graphic organizers for a long walk to water by linda sue park. The boy, salva, becomes one of the lost boys of sudan, refugees who. In a long walk to water, which is based on a true story, linda sue park weaves these two incredible, sidebyside stories of courage and resilience. Salva is a vulnerable boy to a tough man who had to survive a war in africa. Most of the year, nyas family lives far from the lake, near a smaller pond. The anchor text is linda sue parks a long walk to water, which is a fictional. Book like no other this book is not like any other book. Describe the type of point of view from which a long walk to water is written. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in a long walk to water, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Free a long walk to water worksheets and literature unit.
The story is told in firstperson narrative by two different characters and the story takes place during two different periods of time in sudan. This free activity for the novel a long walk to water by linda sue park contains a film guide and for the minidocumentary just add water, which features the real salva dut, plus a webquest sheet for water for south sudans website. A long walk to water book report by caighley e on prezi. Created by expeditionary learning, on behalf of public consulting group, inc. The book also includes a separate narrative about a girl named nya, which takes place in sudan as well, but beginning in 2008. To avoid the conflict, he walks for years with other refugees, seeking sanctuary and scarce food and water. I teach this book to my seventh grade students and each year it gets better. The book, a long walk to water, by linda sue park, is one of the best books ive ever taught.
Review students readers notes and gathering textual evidence graphic organizers and be ready to return them to the class at the start of lesson 5. Students must select two of the choice books, complete a graphic organizer for each, and be prepared to give a book talk on one of their choices. A long walk to water actually features dual protagonists, nya a young sudanese girl and salva a young sudanese boy caught in the middle of a tragic civil war. Over two million people died during the 30 year war in sudan. Using routines for discussing a long walk to water and. Graphic organizers for a long walk to water by creativity. The story is told in firstperson narrative by two different characters and the story takes. In 2008, nya and her family are living a three days walk from a big lake.
In one paragraph, summarize your thoughts comparing and contrasting the two versions of this story. This resource is a unit literature plan and guided reading comprehension packet for the novel, a long walk to water set in sudan, africa that details the lives of salva and nya. This is perfect for lower level or struggling readers. Add at least three observations to each portion of the graphic organizer to showcase the. This page was made so that i can put my alwtw project on it. There were at least ten men working with the drill and loading equipment and plastic pipes onto their trucks nyas mother and a few other women would walk back and forth collecting rocks and stones which. Be sure students have their texts a long walk to water. I hope you enjoy using these colorful graphic organizers for this book. A long walk to water illustrations pdf for more information on this book. A long walk to water book unit contains graphic organizers for an interactive. I roughly follow the nys module for the book, but i have so many wonderful experiences to share. Ready to print and great for practicing literature skills, stations, small groups, extra practi. In addition, i included 2 blank graphic organizer templates for you to use to create your own.
Nov 15, 2010 the new york times bestseller a long walk to water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two elevenyearolds in sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. A long walk to water chapter graphic organizers editable. In this epilogue, he thanks those who helped him along the way. The outcome is a book that is both charming and exciting. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
A long walk to water graphic organizershelp your students organize information and practice their literary skills with this pack of graphic organizers for the novel a long walk to water by linda sue park. Then, she gave nya a bowl of oatmeal with a little milk and nya went outside to eat. It includes prereading activities, a guided reading comprehension. Park simply yet convincingly depicts the chaos of war and an unforgiving landscape as they expose salva to cruelties both natural and manmade. Salva duts story begins in 1980s and continues into the 2000s, and nyas story covers the time period between 2008 and 2009. Teacher resources about 4 times a year, i would love to tell you about new, free teacher resources, school visits or appearances, or new books coming out. Nyas mother and a few other women would walk back and forth collecting rocks and stones which they would bring back for the men working with the drill. A long walk to water book unit contains graphic organizers for an interactive notebook and game activities covering vocabulary, comprehension questions, constructive response writing, and skill practice. A long walk to water based on a true story by linda sue park discussion questions ccss. Unit 1 a long walk to water introduction stations chapters stations.
A long walk to water graphic organizer aasl and ccss addressed. The lessons salva remembers from his family keep him from. The book tells the stories of nya who lives in southern sudan in 2008 and salva who lived in. A long walk to water by linda sue park chapter 6 duration. Are your students struggling to understand the novel, a long walk to water by linda sue park. Jump to this weeks goals and chapters by clicking on the weeks below.