In a long walk to water, linda sue park weaves together two different characters stories. Both salva and nya are urged on by their individual reserves of hopefor a better tomorrow, a better futurebut neither really knows what lies beyond. 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. A discussion guide to a long walk to water based on a true story by linda sue park book s pages. The book tells the stories of nya who lives in southern sudan in 2008 and salva who lived in southern sudan in 1985. Nya has also grown familiar with the look of fear on her mothers face when nyas father. A long walk to water is based on salva duts true story of perseverance amid.
Create at lease three level 3 or 4 questions to ask your peers. Young nya takes little sister akeer along on the twohour walk to fetch water for the family. Capirchioa long walk to water park view middle school. In this picture book companion to the bestseller a long walk to water, a young south sudanese girl goes on a journey that requires determination, persistence, and compassion. Based on a true story kindle edition by park, linda sue. Even though i teach struggling readers, i feel it is important that they are exposed to this heartwarming story of perseverance and hope. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read a long walk to water.
Students will think about salva from a long walk to water. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered. Theyll also be impressed by his strong will, which helps him not only survive a terrible circumstance but also return to help the people still. A long walk to water was a poignant, touching story that will appeal to readers of all ages. Our booksource team is working remotely and available to answer questions, create price quotes and place book orders. 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. A long walk to water by linda sue park explores how unclean drinking water affects the sudanese. A long walk to water by linda sue park chapters 12 before you read the chapter. This is perfect for lower level or struggling readers. It includes prereading activities, a guided reading comprehension.
Our products and services help learners achieve their goals by providing unique insights about their ability level. Remember a level three or four question is something that would allow your peers to connect to the text and takes them into deeper level. Parents need to know a long walk to water by newbery medalwinning author linda sue park a single shard blends fact and fiction to tell a story of the civil war in sudan. Long walk to freedom and mandela lexile find a book. Based on a true story ebook written by linda sue park, ginger knowlton. A book about the water cycle walk the renaissance walka kids guide to florence, italy the walk west. Linda sue parks book entitled a long walk to water lexile measure. In this way, they avoid the fighting between their own. 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. Maybe even some children younger than the age of ten, as its very grounding.
A long walk to water character inferencesthis activity for the novel a long walk to water by linda sue park asks students to make inferences about both nya and salvas characters, comparing and contrasting, selecting evidence to support inferences, and writing an ondemand analysis in response to a. What has been the purpose of nyas journey every day. In 2008, nya and her family are living a three days walk from a big lake. How would you feel if this was how you spent your days.
Our booksource team is working remotely and available to answer questions, create price quotes and place book. A long walk to water book test literature quiz quizizz. 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. It tells the stories of two different children in different parts of sudan. Readers will have no trouble empathizing with salva, who suffers incredible hardship when a war drives him from his home. The girl, nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours walk. Written for the breakfast serials audience by linda sue park, author of many novels for young people. In the piktochart, the following information must be included. The story is told in firstperson narrative by two different characters and the story takes place during two different periods of time in sudan. Pdf download a long walk to water free unquote books. How do those questions relate to a long walk to water.
Right after i was done with reading the book, i looked up the web for the original book and its author. What do the differences in the size and color of the typeface, length of the. A long walk to water is a short book, but it packs quite an emotional wallop. A long walk to water is an original serial novel taken from todays headlines. A long walk to water is based on salva duts true story of perseverance amid adversity. Nyas family has been coming to the lake for decades, so nya has gone to the lake for as long as shes been alive.
A long walk to water activities book units teacher. Most of the year, nyas family lives far from the lake, near a smaller pond. The novel, a long walk to water, is a grade level novel in my middle school. How to teach a novel study unit on a long walk to water. Nyas family has been coming to the lake for decades. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a long walk to water. The girl, nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours walk from her home.
A long walk to water actually features dual protagonists, nya a young sudanese girl and. Despite the occasional violence in this story, i think its a great book to offer any mature child. A long walk to water novel unit plan for struggling readers. 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. It is a unique novel in that part of the story is fictional and part of it is nonfiction.
The 5th grade is going to read the book a long walk to water by linda sue park. Based on a true story long walk to water water is water. While technically a middle grade novel, this is a story that everyone would benefit from reading. A long walk to water gives readers a closer look on how life is in the poorer countries. In this picture book companion to the bestseller a long walk to water, a young south sudanese girl goes on a journey that requires determination, persistence, and compassion young nya takes little sister akeer along. This is a fiction book based upon real people and real events.
Remember a level three or four question is something that would allow your peers to connect to the text and takes them into deeper level thinking. The book s denouement, however, intertwines their stories in a soulsatisfying and optimistic way. The lexile power v word selector identifies up to 10 challenging words in each book that are important for students to know. The girl, nya, is fetching water from a pond that is. The book is a translation of the english version the long walk by slawomir rawicz. In 2008, nya and her family are living a three days walk. The protagonist in most novels features the main character or good guy. 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. A long walk to water based on a true account, this book tells the story of salva dut, an 11yearold boy separated from his family by the civil war in sudan, and nya, a girl from a small village. 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. Due to covid19 stay at home orders and national social distancing guidelines, we have suspended shipping through april 30, 2020.
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 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. A long walk to water by linda sue park purchase it here. The first story is of nya, a girl from sudan, and the second story is of salva dut, a. A long walk to water is a novel written by linda sue park. A long walk to water by linda sue park, ginger knowlton. The book is 95 pages long and yet the impact it leaves on the reader is stunning. 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. A step at a time is the latest book from linda sue park, author of a long walk to water. A long walk to water reading questions chapters 15 1. In this lesson, we summarized a long walk to water and how it interweaves the connecting stories of salva and nya, both of whom are from sudan. A long walk to water by linda sue park is based on a true story.
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