A Long Walk to Water_Linda Sue Park

Who Were the Lost Boys?
Story of Patriotism
Lost Boys Part One
Lost Boys Part Two
Listen to, A Long Walk to Water   
A Long Walk to Water Later Chapters 

Prior to reading: Who is the author? What do I know know about this author? When was it written? Is that important? What is the Title? What does it suggest? Are their chapter titles? Is there vocabulary I need to know before I read?

Essential Question:

• Why is it important to write about our lives? 

Chapter One
Compare and Contrast the characters 
The author includes Salva and Nya in each chapter. Students will identify similarities and differences between characters.

Salva Dut an eleven-year-old boy who lives in the small village of Loun-Ariik in Southern Sudan. Nya an elven-year-old girl that must make two long trips every day to the nearest pond to get water for her family.

Word-sentence from text	Page	Definition in your own words
11+ = A 10-8 = B
Plains- on map	map	Draw what it looks like.
Route- on map	map	Describe his journey.
Sudan	map	Describe where it s located.
cradle p 1
droned p. 2
herding p. 3
aimless p. 4
bush p. 6
rebels p. 6
Independencep.6

Chapter Two
Scenerio 1
You are 11 years old. You have been separated from you family by a war. In order to survive, you must walk to an area of safety hundreds of miles away. On the journey you must avoid soldiers and dangerous wildlife, and manage to find food and water. The journey will take months. you do not know if you will survive or ever see your family again.
If this was an experience you had to live through, how do you think it would affect the person you grew up to be? Taken from Mrs. Cullings's ELA site
Chapter Six 
Reading Strategy Say Something: Select 2 of the strategies below and write a paragraph connecting with the story.

Chapter Seven: Comprehension Questions

Rubric

In the book the author gives reference of a lion approaching the group as they slept, "A lion had been hungry enough to approach the group as they slept. A few men had been keeping watch, but in the dark of night, with the wind rippling through the long grass, the lion could easily have crept close without being seen. It sought out prey that was small and motionless: Marial, sleeping.

Art Response: Draw the majesticness of the lion.
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Close Reading

Read entire text, without stopping, to get the “flow”.

Show evidence of Close reading.

Read and circle important or unfamiliar words.

Write a number by important details or thoughts (Side notes) in the margin. E.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Copy and Read Sudan's Civil War for Background Knowledge

Write about your findings and viewpoint.

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Use map on page 6 to document Salva's journey.

 

Locate Sudan as well as Sudan’s neighboring countries, Ethiopia and Kenya.

1. What are the hazards and physical challenges of the different routes. 
2.  Study the map on page 6,  and place Salva's route on the map

Author: Linda Sue Park

Chapter 4

 Salva’s thoughts in italics, starting with, Where are we going? Where is my family? When will I see them again? and continuing to One problem at a time–just! Figure out this one problem. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1

What do these quotes reveal about Salva’s growth and development over the years?

Five-Sentence Paragraph

Do you have?

______Introduction or Topic Sentence (Use key words from the Prompt)

______First Subtopic (A “Showing” Example)

______Second  Subtopic (A “Showing” Example)

______Third Sentence (A “Showing” Example)

______Conclusion (Restates Introduction)

Watch the Sue Park Video 2:29

Then, Linda Sue Park interviews Salva Dut Oct. 2014 
28:17 
Answer the two of the following questions
.Why does the author describe _______ in such detail?

Author Questions: Select 2 to answer

1.   What was the author’s purpose in the video?

2.   What does the author mean when asks these “____________________” questions?

3.   What is the author’s attitude towards this subject matter ________ ?

4.   The author wants the reader to think ______________.

5.   Which feature of ________ does the author most value?

A Long Walk to Water Amazon

A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

"A Long Walk to Water" is a novel by Linda Sue Park. Published in 2010, the novel is written for older children and young adults and tells two separate stories which are brought together . . . Taken from Bookrags 

Questions & Answers

Bookrags Studyguide 

Teachers Guide pdf 

Resource 

Lterature---a-long-walk-to-water.html 

A Long Walk to Water_Read Chapters here too. 

Discussion Guide 

This website is about A Long Walk For Water 

Butter Battle Book Lesson

Why do wars happen?

Write a ending to the story. 

 

 

 

A Long Walk to Water Quiz Questions  

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Water for South Sudan Livebinders

 Facing Sudan Lesson Booklet

 

PBS 15:46

National Geographic Migration Lost Boys  

 Drilling Wells, Transforming Lives 4:01

African Music

Quiz-school/ 

Swallowed by a Volcano_Paul Dowwell

Students read Swallowed by a Volcano and will use the following link to explore Pu'u 'O'

Use the following chart to identify the main characters and their dilemma.

Craig Hasking	Micheal Benson	Chris Duddy
Pilot

Literary Dominoes  Use the following dominoes to sequence the story.

Retelling: Students will use their notes to retell the story since it is an effective way to improve comprehension.

Students will check using the following self-assessment
the events in correct order? (Sequence)
the main idea?
the character names?
necessary details and events?
Would and unfamiliar listener be able to understand the story based on the student's retell?
Retell:
Student's may practice independently or with partner.

Use notes or cube template to help you recall the events in the story.

Check out student's retell on video.
T Retell
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Explore a Volcano and organize your briefcase.

Research a volcano of your choice
1. Name the Volcano
2. Location
3. Mythology associated with volcano
4. List famous volcanoes and interesting facts
 

Research begins . . .

Volcano Research

 































Learn about the parts of a volcano by making the following model Download Volcano Paper Model

  Mount Saint Helens Eruption

Types-of-volcanic-eruptions

Nationalgeographic Education Volcano Resources 

Volcanoes of the World






Mount Saint Helens Volcano Documentary 

Native American Myths
Volcano Reports_Smithsonian

Sharks Study

 Shark Study:

Discovery Shark AttacksTeacher Section: Sharks

Shark Trading Cards

Non Fiction Organizer 

Tagging of Pelagic Predators

All Quiet on the Western Front_ Erich Maria Remarque

 

Students from sixth period selected this book to read.
We will begin this year.

Author: Erich Maria Remarque 

Chapter 1 introduces the main characters and setting. The book describes the hazards of World War 1.

Sixth period is listening to the recorded book from iTunes

All Quiet on the Western Front Plot Summary

Close Reading

1.   Read entire text without stopping to get the flow.

2.   Read and circle important or unfamiliar words

3.   Read and record important thoughts in the margin. (Side notes)

4.   Underline words or phrases you do not understand.

All Quiet on the Western Front Plot Summary

All Quiet On The Western Front begins somewhere near the German/French front during World War I. It is told by Paul Baumer, a 19-year-old solider. He and his friends are eating a well-deserved meal after fighting and encountering heavy losses. After the meal Paul, Kropp, and Muller go to use the outdoor toilets and play cards. Complete article taken from Bookrags. BookRags
Book Text.pdf
Write a summary

1. Main Characters
2. Setting
3. Conflict
4. Author's Purpose for writing using the following links 

1. All Quiet on Western Front
2. Cliffsnotes Summary and Chapter Summaries 

Extra Credit Movie Review

• Watch the movie like American Sniper, Unbroken,
• Evaluate the movie
• Give basic outline of movie

 Chapter Summaries

DURING-READING

STRATEGY 1: SAY SOMETHING

Select 2 and write a paragraph about each but remember to include a concluding sentence. 
A few examples of student's concluding sentences . . .
Raquel, I asked my uncle, "Why do you go back?" "It's because he wanted keep me safe and free."
Sandra, I think, "With all their good strong men, they are going to win."
Priscilla, My grandfather told me, "That they put the dead people in the coffins out of respect and honor."

Richard, "His no different from American Soldiers, a man who'd fight for his country."

 

All Quiet on the Western Front Movie B & W
All Quiet on the Western Front YouTube 2:33:26
 The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers

The author served with the U.S. Army in Mosul and Tal Afar, Iraq in 2004 and 2005 and The Yellow Birds is his first novel.
“Or should I have said that I wanted to die, not in the sense of wanting
to throw myself off of that train bridge over there, but more like
wanting to be asleep forever because there isn’t any making up for
killing women or even watching women get killed, or for that matter
killing men and shooting them in the back and shooting them more times
than necessary to actually kill them and it was like just trying to kill
everything you saw sometimes because it felt like there was acid
seeping down into your soul and then your soul is gone and knowing from
being taught your whole life that there is no making up for what you are
doing, you’re taught that your whole life, but then even your mother is
so happy and proud because you lined up your sign posts and made people
crumple and they were not getting up ever and yeah they might have been
trying to kill you too, so you say, What are you goona do?, but really
it doesn’t matter because by the end you failed at the one good thing
you could have done, and the one person you promised would live is
dead..."
What do you notice? What makes this an effective piece of writing?

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Novel Link: All Quiet On The Western Front  

All-Quiet-on-the-Western-Front Teacher Pay

Multiple Lessons_Discovery

Paired with passages from The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers 

The author served with the U.S. Army in Mosul and Tal Afar, Iraq in 2004 and 2005 and The Yellow Birds is his first novel.  

Read the following: What do you notice? What makes this an effective piece of writing?

“Or should I have said that I wanted to die, not in the sense of wanting to throw myself off of that train bridge over there, but more like wanting to be asleep forever because there isn’t any making up for killing women or even watching women get killed, or for that matter killing men and shooting them in the back and shooting them more times than necessary to actually kill them and it was like just trying to kill everything you saw sometimes because it felt like there was acid seeping down into your soul and then your soul is gone and knowing from being taught your whole life that there is no making up for what you are doing, you’re taught that your whole life, but then even your mother is so happy and proud because you lined up your sign posts and made people crumple and they were not getting up ever and yeah they might have been trying to kill you too, so you say, What are you goona do?, but really it doesn’t matter because by the end you failed at the one good thing you could have done, and the one person you promised would live is dead...

Kevin Powers Author 

Index Card Review Requirements

 

Butter Battle Book Lesson

Why are the two sides fighting?

In your opinion which side is right or are they both right? Why?