A girl Named Disaster By Nancy Farmer

Define the words for the novel. Vocabulary See my weebly page Define the words for the novel.

Pre Reading Activities Review the novel’s title, cover page, back page, and summary and make a prediction about the book In you prediction log, predict what kinds of things might happen to this girl on her way to Zimbabwe. Create a K-W-L chart and write what you already know about the countries, geography, people, and customs of Africa. Use worldatlas.com to look at a map of Africa. Locate Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Record the things that you already know about Africa in the K column. Write what you want to know about Africa, specifically about its countries, geography, people, and customs in the W column. Also , what do you want to know about the main character, Nhamo. Record questions in the W column of the chart.

Pre Reading Activities Reflecting further on the title of the story, explore the meaning of your name using the website Behind the Name. Discuss with a partner whether events in your life have any connection to the meanings of your name.