Chapter 4- Nya GIST- Nya brings water home, eats and then heads back for a second trip with little sister, Akeer, who needs to learn how to get water. VIP’s- “To the pond and back-to the pond and back nearly a full day of walking.” (20)

Chapter 4- Salva GIST- Dinka group lets Salva go with them even though they don’t want him. He walks with them, very hungry and weak joined by more Dinka and Jur-chol. Buksa finds beehive-honey! VIP’s- “Salva had never been so hungry.” (23) “After about a week, they were joined by more people-another group of Dinka and several members of a tribe called the Jur-chol.” (23)

Chapter 5- Nya Gist-Nya’s family part of the, Nuer tribe, moved from their village when the rains stopped and dried up the pond. They had to go live by a lake 3 days walk away during the 5 month’s of dry season. VIP’s “The clay got wetter as she dug.” “Nya’s family did not live by the lake all year long because of the fighting.” (between Dinka & Nuer)

Chapter 5- Salva Gist- Salva and the other men of the Jurchol ate honey, after being stung, and now they were full. Salva meets a new friend, Marial, as they walk east toward Ethiopia in the land of the Atout, “people of the lion”. VIP’s- “It was good to make a friend.” “The walking seemed easier now that Salva had something in his belly.”

Map Study 1. What do you now notice about the map and the route? Salva walks through some difficult terrain. He crosses a river into Ethiopia, then comes back West, then South. 2. List in order the different environments that are on the route from the village of Loun-Ariik to Kakuma. Salva walks through plains, crosses a river, then through swampland, through a desert, crosses another river, then back through desert, passes mountains, more desert before getting to Kakuma.

Map Study

Do Now: Make a prediction about Salva’s journey based on your exit ticket response from yesterday.

Writing Response If you had to choose to be Nya or Salva, explain whose shoes you would rather walk in. Use text evidence to support your response.

Chapter 6- Nya GIST- Nya realized her mother is fearful in the lake camp for the family’s safety. VIP’s- “this year she realized for the first time that her mother hated the camp.” (33) “fear..” (33) “Her mother was afraid…” (33)

Chapter 6- Salva GIST- Salva unites with his uncle who has a gun and is a leader. Marial is missing as they sleep in lion country. VIP’s- “Uncle!” (34) “We are together now so I will look after you.” (35) “I am sorry Salva,”…”Your friend...”(38)

African Plains Lion Country

Nile River in Sudan

Reed Boat

Chapter 7 Nya- GIST- Akeer, Nya’s little sister is sick and everyone is worried. The family needs to decide if they should walk days to the doctor or stay and hope she gets better. VIP’s- “…or should they begin the long hard walk.” (40) “…first cramps in the stomach…” (39)

Salva CH 7 Salva was scared after Marial’s death and is staying close to Uncle. They reached the Nile and begin making boats to cross. VIPS “Salva got into a canoe…” (44) “Uncle spoke to him all morning in a soothing voice.”(41) “… between Uncle and another.” (44)

Chapter 8-Nya GIST- Nya’s family decides to take Akeer to doctor and she is better. Nya’s mother worries that she won’t be able to give Akeer clean water to keep her well. VIP’s- “She should drink only good clean water.” (45) “She would never be able to keep Akeer from doing the same.” (46)

Chapter 8- Salva Salva- GIST- Salva crosses in boat to the middle of the island where there is a fisherman’s village. Uncle is given food because he is seen as a leader and he shares with Salva. Mosquitoes attacked them as they slept and then they continue across the Nile. VIP’s- “Thousands, maybe millions of hungry mosquitoes massed so thickly…” (49) “The fisherman had warned the group to take plenty of water for the next stretch of their journey.” (50)

Environments shape relationships between characters and their identities. Do Now: Please take out your book, A Long Walk to Water and your GIST/VIP worksheet.

Hardships Salva has faced so far: With your partner create a chronological list of events, Salva has suffered through.

Hardships Salva has faced so far: Village has been attacked while he’s at school. Flees his village and family and runs away from fighting. Group he walks with abandons him. Old woman has to leave him too. Makes a new friend, but then Marial is eaten by a lion. Mosquito bites/bee stings Walking across desert with little food and water, toe nail comes off. Uncle Jewiir shot by men in Nuer tribe.

Chapter 10- Nya GIST The men talked to Nya’s uncle, as they walked with him to examine a spot between two trees. Nya was doubtful that they would find water there. VIP- “This is the spot, halfway between the two largest trees, we will find water here.” (57)

Chapter 10 Salva- Gist- It was the the groups third day in desert as they traveled to Itang Refugee Camp in Ethiopia, thirsty and hungry. Salva concerned about not finding his family. Uncle tells him no one knows where his family is, and they might not have survived attack. Men approach group and shoot uncle. VIP- “Three shots rang out. Then the men ran away.” (63)

Chapter 11- Nya GIST After the men left the village, Nya was still puzzled and doubtful that they would find water. VIP- “How could there be water in such a place?” (64)

Do Now: Environments shape relationships between characters and their identities. Please open to the Literature section of your Writer’s Notebook.

Chapter 11- Salva GIST- Salva is treated poorly by the group after uncle’s death, but finds the strength and determination to continue his journey. He arrives at the Itang refugee camp in Ethiopia and was separated from the people he had traveled with. He is determined to find his family. VIP’s- “It was almost as if they had left their strength with him, to help him on his journey.” (65) “If they are here, I will find them.” (67)

Project Presentations Please take out your projects if you need to present still and your worksheet to record and comment on presentations.

Chapter 12- Nya GIST-Sounds of people working together included a crew of workers who return to Nya’s village with a drill and the people of village breaking rocks to make gravel. VIP’s- “But it did not sound at all like water.” (71) “the giraffe was a tall drill that had been brought to the village by the two men who had visited earlier.” (70)

Chapter 12- Salva GIST- Salva realizes he is alone now and must survive to honor the memory of his family. Six years pass and Salva is now 17, and the refugees were being driven out of the camps and out of Ethiopia by the soldiers because the government was near collapse. They were driven toward the Gilo River back to Sudan. VIP’s- “They would want me to survive… to grow up and make something of my life… to honor their memories.” (72) “They are driving us back to Sudan, Salva thought. They will force us to cross the river…” (75)

Chapter 13- Nya GIST- The crew works to drill water, but has a few setbacks and become discouraged. When they want to stop working, their boss encourages them by joking with them, and persuading them to continue. VIP- “He didn’t get angry very often. He kept working- and kept the others working, too.” (77)

Chapter 13- Salva When he reaches the other side alive he GIST-Salva is driven across the crocodile filled river by soldiers shoot at them. When he reaches the other side alive he wonders why he was one of the lucky ones. He leads the boys who survived to Kenya, becoming their leader. VIP’s- “I will get us safely to Kenya, he thought no matter how hard it is.” ((81) “More than twelve hundred boys arrived safely.” (82)

Chapter 16 or 17 Draw a sketch of a significant scene from either Chapter 16 or 17. Label your page and be sure to explain why it is important to book. Be sure to add details, word bubbles of what character might be thinking or saying and any other details of importance.