A Long Walk to Water: Lesson8 unit2
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This document provides instructions and materials for a lesson on the novel A Long Walk to Water. It includes directions for students to take out homework, fill out a worksheet on chapters 16-18, define vocabulary words, and copy vocabulary into their notebooks. It outlines learning objectives and provides discussion questions to guide student conversations about the characters and themes of survival in the novel.
A Long Walk to Water: Lesson8 unit2
- 1. DO NOW • Take out homework • Gathering Evidence Worksheet – Chapters 16-18 Vocabulary! 1. What do aid organizations and relief agencies do? (pg. 100) 2. Why might they be involved in South Sudan?
- 2. A Long Walk to Water Dictionary Work Vocabulary Copy into back of notebook • aid organizations & relief agencies How are you feeling about figuring out words? What do you do when you find a tough word?
- 3. A Long Walk to Water Learning Objectives I can effectively engage in discussions with my classmates about our readings. I can explain how comparing and contrasting Salva and Nya’s points of view in the novel helps Park convey ideas about how people in Sudan survive.
- 4. A Long Walk to Water Learning Objectives I can explain the physical and emotional factors that helped Nya and Salva survive in A Long Walk to Water.
- 5. A Long Walk to Water Chapters 16-18 Detail/ Evidence (quote) Chapter Page # Explanation What event does this connect to? Significance What idea from the chart does this connect to? Why?
- 6. A Long Walk to Water Chapters 16-18 Detail/ Evidence (quote) Chapter Page # Explanation What event does this connect to? Significance What idea from the chart does this connect to? Why?
- 7. A Long Walk to Water Survival Anchor Chart Survival Anchor Chart How did keeping this help you learn about Salva and Nya? …about the world? …about the theme of survival?
- 8. A Long Walk to Water World Café Discussion World Café Discussion What do you need? • A Long Walk to Water • All notes/ sheets we’ve been working on • Groups of 3-4
- 9. A Long Walk to Water World Café Discussion World Café Discussion Before we begin… • What can you do to make sure your conversations help everyone think more deeply about the book? • Raise your hand when you have 2 ideas.
- 10. A Long Walk to Water World Café Round # 1 • Choose “recorder” – You will take notes • Look at questions 1: What do we learn about Salva as a leader in Chapter 13? Who is he leading as a boy? As an adult? What makes him an effective leader?
- 11. A Long Walk to Water World Café Round # 2 • Recorders: stay put! • Others, moved to a new group together • Recorders, share what your old group said • Choose a NEW recorder – you take notes this round
- 12. A Long Walk to Water World Café Round # 2 New questions: • How does the author juxtapose Salva and Nya in the final chapters of the novel? • How has Salva’s point of view about the Nuer changed? • How has Nya’s point of view about the Dinka changed?
- 13. A Long Walk to Water World Café Round # 3 • Recorders: stay put! • Others, moved to a new group together • Recorders, share what your old group said • Choose a NEW recorder – you take notes this round
- 14. A Long Walk to Water World Café Round # 3 New questions: • What are the physical and emotional resources that enable Salva and Nya to survive? • What do you think is the author’s opinion about which type of resource is more important for survival? • What makes you say that?
- 15. A Long Walk to Water Vocabulary Have you figured it out? Back of the notebook! • bewildering (98)= • destruction (99)= • remote (100)= • clinic (100)=
- 16. A Long Walk to Water Vocabulary Have you figured it out? Back of the notebook! • contaminated (106)= • ___________ • ___________
- 17. A Long Walk to Water Homework Website: www.waterforsouthsudan.org • Organization’s purpose: • To inform • To advocate (to publicly call for something) • What information might you find on this website? http://waterforsudan.org/drilling-in-south-sudan/
- 18. A Long Walk to Water Homework Homework: • Read printout from the website • Answer questions on the right