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Read!Look at Nya’s story on page 8.What can you learn about her from this passage?
A Long Walk to WaterLearning Objectives
I can determine the central idea of Chapter 2 in A Long Walk to Water.
I can analyze how the author, Linda Sue Park, develops and contrasts the points of view of Nya and Salvia.
I can effectively engage in discussions with my classmates about our reading.
A Long Walk to WaterVocabulary
Definitions for back of notebook:
contrast =
point of view =
A Long Walk to WaterLearning Objectives
What do you think?
• What will YOU do as a reader to meet meet
these objectives?
• Think….pair….share!
Difficult Texts!What can we do?
Things Close Readers Do
• Get the gist of what a text is about• Know how YOU deal with emotional text• Talk about what they read!!
A Long Walk to WaterChapter 2
Chapter &
Page #
Nya’s Story
1st Ideas
Nya’s Story
New ideas
Salva’s Story
1st Ideas
Salva’s Story
New Ideas
A Long Walk to WaterNotebook
Read for the gist• Read along AS we read aloud• Read for general understanding• Use your “Reader’s Notes”• Add to Columns 2 & 4 as you listen
A Long Walk to WaterVocabulary
Vocabulary!Open to last page in notebook
• littered =
• rebels =
• hesitated =
A Long Walk to WaterVocabulary
More Vocabulary!
• scurried =
• protested =
• objected =
A Long Walk to WaterBack-to-Back & Face-to-Face
What to do:
• Back-to-back with partner
• Listen to question & think about answer
• Face partner
• Decide who speaks first
• Talk & listen
• Repeat!
A Long Walk to WaterBack-to-Back & Face-to-Face
Question # 1:In Chapter 1, it says that Salva, “was letting his mind wander down the road ahead of his body.” He begins to daydream about when he and his friends, “made cows out of clay.”
What does this daydream tell you about the importance of cattle in Salva’s life?
A Long Walk to WaterBack-to-Back & Face-to-Face
Question # 2:In Chapter 2, we learned that thorns littered the ground where Nya is. It says that Nya, “looked at the bottom of her foot. There it was, a big thorn that had broken off right in the middle of her heel.”
What does the thorn in the heel tell you about Nya? Explain WHY.
A Long Walk to WaterChapter 2
Chapter &
Page #
Nya’s Story
1st Ideas
Nya’s Story
New ideas
Salva’s Story
1st Ideas
Salva’s Story
New Ideas
A Long Walk to WaterHomework
Exit Ticket = Homework!
• Use your Reader’s Notes chart
• How does Ms. Park create differences between Nya and Salva?
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