Salva dut is 11 years old when war raging in the sudan separates him from his family. As nya got closer to the pond, the sun got brighter. She handed nya a bowl of boiled sorghum meal and poured a little milk over it. The book also includes a separate narrative about a girl named nya, which takes place in sudan as well, but beginning in 2008. Think back on some of your favorite characters from past novels you have read. While researching a long walk to water i read salvas own accounts of his journey and interviewed him many times. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
I can select a quote from a long walk to water and explain how it illustrates a factor in how nya andor salva survive. A long walk to water book report by caighley e on prezi. Water for south sudan, as well as on other firstperson. A long walk to water aligning fictional reading incorporating crosscurricula association introduction linda sue parks book entitled a long walk to water lexile measure. Pdf download a long walk to water free unquote books. When nya got home her mother took the container from her and poured water in three large jars. Detailed quotes explanations with page numbers for every important quote on the site. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a long walk to water. And when she asked dep that question, he shook his head. Click to see the original works with their full license. This is a student work pack for your novel study of a long walk to water by linda sue park.
Some images used in this set are licensed under the creative commons through. A long walk to water by linda sue park is a best selling novel with alternating sections told from different points of view of two children living in the sudan at different time periods. Published in 2010, the novel is written for older children and young adults and tells two separate stories which. 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.
The words repeated themselves a thousand times in his head. A discussion guide to a long walk to water based on a true story by linda sue park book s pages. To avoid the conflict, he walks for years with other refugees, seeking sanctuary and scarce food and water. Have students use aesops fable to figuratively interpret the themes in a long walk to water. Each page covers three vocabulary words that the students must infer, three higherorder response and skills. On the journey you must avoid soldiers and dangerous wildlife, and manage to find food and 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 by linda sue park is a nonfiction book about a y.
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. For hours, until the sun was nearly gone from the sky. Their stories are far apart in time, salvas story starts in 1985 and nyas in 2008 both in the country of sudan. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 128 pages and is available in hardcover format. Based on a true story and millions of other books are. Water and explain how it illustrates a factor in how nya andor salva survive. Book like no other this book is not like any other book. Wherever it is you walk, just be sure to walk away from the fighting. A long walk to water is an original serial novel taken from todays headlines. Southern sudan and ethiopia, t 985 they buried uncle in a hole about two feet deep, a hole. A long walk to water student workbook pack chapter. Two of these diseases are mentioned in a long walk to water. Read pdf a long walk to water absolutely for free at. Welcome to our library a long walk to water by linda sue.
It would take her half the morning if she didnt stop on the way. This work back provides a onepage assignment for each chapter of the book, plus all answer keys. In order to survive, you must walk to an area of safety hundreds of miles away. You do not know if you will survive or ever see your family again.
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 is a short book, but it packs quite an emotional wallop. Excerpts from a long walk to water by linda sue park lii salva lowered his head and ran. There is also a kwl chart that you can use with your students as you present. When you finish, please tell your teacher that you have completed a test. For nyas part of the book, i had access to notes, photos, and video footage from people who had visited villages like hers including my husband, who traveled to southern sudan in 2009. The protagonist in most novels features the main character or good guy. Basing the book on the true story of refugee salva dut, who established the nonprofit organization. A great way to introduce the book, a long walk to water. A long walk to water by linda sue park chapters 2. A long walk to water in bulk classroom book sets bookpal. Look closely at the map at the beginning of the book. Park simply yet convincingly depicts the chaos of war and an unforgiving landscape as they expose salva to cruelties both natural and manmade.
Find at least two quotes from the book to support your answer. Water had to be flowing constantly into the borehole to keep the drill running smoothly. Read this book and over 1 million others with a kindle unlimited membership. The boy, salva, becomes one of the lost boys of sudan, refugees who cover the african.
Based on a true story kindle edition by park, linda sue. I can select a quote from a long walk to water and explain. The dirt under her feet became more and more muddy until she was up to her ankles in her water. The girl, nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours walk more. But the backbreaking work under the hot african sun is just a typical day for 11yearold nya, growing up in sudan circa 2008. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A long walk to water by linda sue park chapters 12 before you read the chapter. Few children can imagine walking eight hours a day or digging by hand deep into the mud, just to find water for their family. A long walk to water prereading powerpoint presentation. Pdf downloads of all 1282 litcharts literature guides, and of every new one we publish. The lessons salva remembers from his family keep him from. The pond water was piped into what looked like a giant plastic baga bag big enough to fill the entire bed of the truck. Introduce this simple fable after students have completed the book, in order to discuss the main characters, salva and nya, as well as the larger themes in the book. The girl, nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours walk from her home.
The world health organizations web page on water explains some of the issues associated with water scarcity. 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. It turned out that the loud machine was a drill which was used to dig deep into the ground. I think its a great book to offer any mature child. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion on a long walk to water. Nyas family has moved to the area of a nearly dry lakebed every year when everything else dries up. 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. Capirchioa long walk to water search this guide search. Rilink rilink schools park view middle school library park view middle school. Touching take on lost boys of sudan, based on true story. There are not many books that have two differents stories going on at the same time. Readers will have no trouble empathizing with salva, who suffers incredible hardship when a war drives him from his home. They only live there during that season because her tribe, the nuers, and the dinkas fight bitterly over the land surrounding the lake. What do the differences in the size and color of the typeface, length of the.
This powerpoint includes slides that introduce the author, the characters, and the setting. Young nya takes little sister akeer along on the twohour walk to fetch water for the family. Linda sue parker uses a dual narrative structure to shift between a. A long walk to water by linda sue park is a nonfiction book about a young girl named nya who walks eight hours every day to get water for her family in 2008, and about a boy named salva who walks away from his family and the only home he has ever known to stay safe from the war in 1985. The first edition of the novel was published in november 15th 2010, and was written by linda sue park. The crew drove to the pond and back several times a day.
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