9-30-14 Learning Target:
I can use context clues (in the sentence or on the page) to
determine the meaning of words in A Long Walk to Water.
I can analyze the development of a theme in a novel by
identifying challenges to and factors in survival for Nya and
Salva.
Homework: Read chapter 9. Do “Gist Notes” and
“Reader’s Dictionary” on pages 81 and 82.
Word of the Day: abundance
Context: “It was the first place in their weeks of walking
that had an abundance of food” (47).
Opening Activity = meet with Ethiopia partners to:
1) Share Gist Notes for chapters 7 & 8 (wkbk p. 73)
2) Share Reader’s Dictionary for chap. 7 & 8 (p. 74-75)
3)
Discuss challenges to and factors in survival for Nya
and Salva in chapters 7 & 8.
Survival Anchor Chart
 Discuss challenges to and factors in survival for Nya
and Salva in chapters 7 & 8 (add to wkbk p. 69)
Closing Activity:
 Preview vocab for chapter 9 (wkbk p. 82)
 Exit Ticket
Exit Ticket: Salva manages to survive despite the
challenging environment in which he finds himself.
What is a challenge to survival that Salva faces in
chapters 7 and 8? Explain what helped him to
survive.
List the challenges that Nya and Salva face and the factors that help them to survive:
Challenges
Survival Factors