You will need a cover sheet, something to write with, and extra paper. Compare and contrast salva and nyas stories are told side by. Based on a true story, a long walk to water is a new york times bestseller that has become a mustread for many schools and educators. For them, the simple act of finding enough water is a task that requires at least one family member to walk each day a great distance to gather enough water. See more ideas about long walk to water, lost boys of sudan and water. Nya spends hours every day walking to and from a faraway pond, just so that her family can have enough water to survive.
The world health organizations web page on water explains some of the issues associated with water scarcity. A long walk to water by linda sue park is based on a true story. A long walk to water novel study unit activities book. Before turning to childrens books, she worked as a journalist, a food critic, and a teacher of english as a second language. Especially in the second half of a long walk to water, park explores the theme of developmentin other words, the methods that engineers, politicians, and aid workers use to improve the living conditions of people in sudan.
Include each ones strengths and personality traits. This is a novel study for a long walk to water by linda sue park. Based on a true story kindle edition by park, linda sue. Click here to watch author, linda sue park, talk about her book. Create a timeline by education island this is an activity is a one page pdf printable to be completed individually or with a partner after the students have finished reading a long walk to water. The book is divided into two storylines, which remain separate until the final chapter in fact, the final sentence. A long walk to water teachin unit objectives objectives by the end of this unit, the student will be able to. In this novel unit, youll find 18 differentiated activities for a long walk to water by linda sue park.
The book tells the stories of nya who lives in southern sudan in 2008 and salva who lived in southern sudan in 1985. The book tells the stories of nya who lives in southern sudan in 2008 and. In a long walk to water, linda sue park weaves together two different characters stories. It turned out that the loud machine was a drill which was used to dig deep into the ground. He is a lost boy refugee, destined to cover africa on foot, searching for his family and safety. University of queensland press is an australian publishing house. This is a remarkable story of bravery and resilience. Welcome to the litcharts study guide on linda sue parks a long walk to water. A long walk to water, vocabulary chapter 3 flashcards. Oct 04, 2011 a long walk to water gives readers a closer look on how life is in the poorer countries.
It is a unique novel in that part of the story is fictional and part of it is nonfiction. Her responsibility is to walk to the pond twice a day every day to fetch water for her family. The boy, salva, becomes one of the lost boys of sudan, refugees who cover the african. Pdf download a long walk to water free unquote books. Long walk to freedom billy lynns long halftime walk. Keep a journal as you read, jotting down key events. A long walk to water goodreads meet your next favorite book. While technically a middle grade novel, this is a story that everyone would benefit from reading. This novel study divides a long walk to water into six sections for study. A long walk to water was a poignant, touching story that will appeal to readers of all ages. This work back provides a onepage assignment for each chapter of the book, plus all answer keys. It includes the true story of salva dut whose story is based in 1985.
How to teach a novel study unit on a long walk to water. A long walk to water study guide contains a biography of linda sue park, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. A long walk to water in bulk classroom book sets bookpal. 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 novel unit plan bundle for differentiation tpt. A long walk to water by linda sue park synopsis nya goes to the pond to fetch water for her family.
After being separated from his family in 1985, salva. 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. A long walk to water study guide literature guide litcharts. Erika forth teaching resources teachers pay teachers. Inside youll find 30 daily lessons, 20 fun activities, 180 multiple choice questions, 60 short essay questions, 20 essay questions, quizzeshomework assignments, tests, and more. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Education island teaching resources teachers pay teachers. A discussion guide to a long walk to water based on a true story by linda sue park about the book written with spare beauty, this moving story showcases the perilous journey of elevenyearold salva dut, a dinka boy who goes on a terrorfilled trek after his southern sudanese village is attacked by armed rebels. What to read after a long walk to water deerfield public library. This novel unit contains everything you need to teach the novel a long walk to water by linda sue park. A long walk to water novel unit plan for struggling readers by. Begin looking over your study guide responses to gear up for the test. A long walk to water chapters 14 summary and analysis. A long walk to water by linda sue park purchase it here. 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. Nuec the nuer and the dinka had a long histo oftmubk. Students should have read the book prior to this lesson. It tells the stories of two different children in different parts of sudan. Welcome to our library a long walk to water by linda sue. Written for the breakfast serials audience by linda sue park, author of many novels for young people including the newbery award winner, a single shard, a long walk to water is based on the.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. In this way, they avoid the fighting between their own. A long walk to water activities book units teacher. Both tales are told congruently and are woven together in such a fashion that it becomes challenging, at times, to determine which story is. Linda sue parks a long walk to water is a story about the lengths to which people will go in order to survive. I roughly follow the nys module for the book, but i have so many wonderful experiences to share. The girl, nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours walk from her home. 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. Finding a potable source of water is a problem for every character in. Newbery medalist linda sue park tells the narratives of a boy and a girl growing up in sudan more than two decades apart from one another. Today we will take the test for a long walk to water.
This resource includes 7 pages of jammedpacked questions that includes. Close reading, pulling and analyzing quotations, determining authors purpo. If you are looking for an awesome book to read with your kids or students, i highly recommend the book a long walk to water by linda sue park. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See more ideas about long walk to water, teaching reading and lost boys of. A book about the water cycle walk the renaissance walk a kids guide to florence, italy the walk west. Similarly, salva dut is often in need of water during his long walk across sudan. About a long walk to water a long walk to water summary character list glossary themes quotes and analysis chapters 14 chapters 58 chapters 9 chapters 1418 symbols, allegory and motifs metaphors and similes irony imagery the sudanese civil war s literary elements related links essay questions quiz 1 quiz 2 quiz 3 citations. In the first storyline, set in southern sudan in 1985, an elevenyearold boy named salva dut is forced to flee his village due to the outbreak of civil war. Water for south sudan, a charity salva dut helped create, provides information on the water crisis in the video just add water.
A long walk to water by linda sue park chapters 12 before you read the chapter. Once youve picked your project, get the directions from the correct basket. A concise biography of linda sue park plus historical and literary context for a long walk to water. 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. Development theme in a long walk to water litcharts. Salva duts story begins in 1980s and continues into the 2000s, and nyas story covers the time period between 2008 and 2009. This 32page guide for a long walk to water by linda sue park includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 18 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. The novel, a long walk to water follows one of these lost boys as he flees his home land and family to safety.
A long walk to water aligning fictional reading incorporating cross curricula association introduction linda sue parks book entitled a long walk. She doesnt mind carrying the empty container on her head, but the heat is stifling. This english language arts resource includes both of my literature reading units for the novel, a long walk to water by linda sue park. 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 they would. Expand your classroom libraries with teacherselected titles. The long walk lesson plan contains a variety of teaching materials that cater to all learning styles. In 2008, nya and her family are living a three days walk from a big lake. A long walk to water based on a true story by linda sue park about the book written with spare beauty, this moving story showcases the perilous journey of elevenyearold salva dut, a dinka boy who goes on a terror. Its a quick read, told as two alternating stories that of a young girl nya in the sudan in 2008 and a young man salva in 1985.
Created by the original team behind sparknotes, litcharts are the worlds best literature guides. Each page covers three vocabulary words that the students. Includes comprehension and discussion questions for each chapter with answer key, pre, during, and post reading activities, and links to internet sources that give more background information about the places and people in the novel. Quizlet flashcards, activities and games help you improve your grades. A long walk to water summary buy study guide park weaves two stories together. See more ideas about long walk to water, water and lost boys of sudan. 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. This novel study is complete as is, or makes a great companion to your current curriculum. While their ages and origins may be similar, there storyline is anything but. A long walk to water by linda sue park explores how unclean drinking water affects the sudanese. Most of the year, nyas family lives far from the lake, near a smaller pond. See more ideas about long walk to water, long walks, lost boys of sudan. The premium pro 50 gb plan gives you the option to download a copy of your binder to your local machine. Resources to enhance the study of a long walk to water.
The characters in the novel all struggle to find enough resources and basic elements like food and water to survive. Study the map on p6 of a long walk to water, taking note of the key. Novel unit for a long walk to water by linda sue park. A long walk to water is primarily based on two stories that the author weaves together very skillfully.
I teach this book to my seventh grade students and each year it gets better. A long walk to water summary and study guide supersummary. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a long walk to water. This is a student work pack for your novel study of a long walk to water by linda sue park. I decided to read this book after i finished reading another book written by linda park see saw girl. A long walk to water is a short novel written by linda sue park and published in 2010. Two of these diseases are mentioned in a long walk to water. Student materials and ideas based on a long walk to water by linda sue park. Each chapter begins with nyas story and jumps to salvas story. Salva dut, from the dinka tribe, lives in sudan, africa where there is an ongoing war over religion in southern sudan. See more ideas about long walk to water, long walks, novel studies. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Southern sudan, 1985 salva, a young man from a successful family from the village, sits in class listening to. A long walk to water aligning fictional reading incorporating crosscurricula association introduction linda sue parks book entitled a long walk to water lexile measure.
A long walk to water final project menu pick one project of your choice. Chapter one summary southern sudan, 2008 an elevenyearold girl, nya, is going to fetch water in the heat of the sahara. The main characters in the book are desperate for water, and will go to great lengths to find it. The visitors to nya s village finish their meeting with the village chief. Construct a timeline of events in a long walk to water which shows the stories of both. The protagonist in most novels features the main character or good guy.
They walk through the village toward a tree, speaking a language nya cant understand. Salva is a sudanese boy who, when gunfire breaks out while hes at school, is forced to go on the run due to the civil war leaving his family behind. Tenyear old nya spends her days walking from home to the pond to fetch water. Apr 17, 2017 a long walk to water by linda sue park is based on a true story. Founded as a traditional university press, uqp has since branched into publishing books for general readers in the areas of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, indigenous writing and youth literature. Each activity comes in 2 formats to mix and match based on the needs of your classroom cutpaste interactive notebook activities and traditional. You to have water to find water water had to be flowing constantly into the borehole to keep the drill running smoothly. Published in 2010, the novel is written for older children and young adults and tells two separate stories which. Based on a true story long walk to water water is water. Linda sue parks book entitled a long walk to water lexile measure. Jun 14, 2016 the book, a long walk to water, by linda sue park, is one of the best books ive ever taught.
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. A long walk to water is an original serial novel taken from todays headlines. Water activities, preschool activities, lost boys of sudan, long walk to water, beautiful feet books, 3rd grade books, black authors, teaching geography. Think back on some of your favorite characters from past novels you have read. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion on a long walk to water. As a 5th grade reading teacher, i sometimes struggle with my. Be sure to return to this map as you read the novel. A single shard project mulberry when my name was keoko. What makes this book even more special is that one of the stories that of main character salva dut is. For the most part, the book takes an optimistic view of development, arguing that factors such as foreign aid and an influx of infrastructural development such as wells. This should be required reading for every american student to learn appreciation. The central symbol of a long walk to water is, unsurprisingly, water. 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 is a novel written by linda sue park.
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