1. 7th Grade English 10/10 – 10-13
“ A Long Walk to Water”

2. PROS AND CONS

3. MATERIALS CHECK Notebook (located in your period shelf ) Pencil / Pen
Post-its

4. 10/10/16 Entry __ : Bell Work
Objective: I will punctuate quotations correctly.
Quotation marks surround the exact words of a speaker.
Example (we do)
Christine stood up and said, I will go next.
Where do the quotation marks go and commas (if needed) go?
Is this, asked Tom The cup you want?
The poem, Casey at the Bat, is my favorite.
Quinn yelled Help! I’m falling!

5. THE CURRENT CLASSROOM “MODE”
Quiet Work
Stand & Deliver
Open Discussion
Team Work

6. STANDARDS FOR QUIET WORK
I am listening to the teacher.
I am not talking.
I am taking notes or doing other silent work as directed.
I am paying complete attention to the teacher.

7. 10/11/16 Entry___: Objectives
I can cite several pieces of text-based evidence to support my analysis of Nya’s and Salva’s character in A Long Walk to Water.
• I can analyze how Linda Sue Park develops and contrasts the points of view of Nya and Salva in A Long Walk to Water.

8. What Salva or Nya thought, said, or did
10/11/16 Entry ___:Gathering Evidence Graphic Organizer—Character These two characters have many similarities and many differences. How do culture, time, and place influence the development of each character’s identity?
Detail/Evidence
What Salva or Nya thought, said, or did
Page
Inference/Reasoning
What this shows about how culture, time, or place influenced Salva’s or Nya’s identity
Used in your writing?
Quote (About Nya or Salva?)
“Salva had three brothers and two sisters. As each boy reached the age of about ten years, he was sent off to school. 2
Meaning (Related to culture, time, or place?)
In Salva’s culture, schooling is only for boys. He feels grateful and takes school seriously.
“The war had started two years earlier. Salva did not understand much about it, but he knew that rebels from the southern part of Sudan, where he and his family lived, were fighting against the government, which was based in the north.” 6
Salva is growing up in the 1980s: we know that he is 11 years old in The war started two years earlier. This affects his identity because …
“It would take her half the morning if she didn’t stop along the way.” 1

9. What Salva or Nya thought, said, or did
Detail/Evidence
What Salva or Nya thought, said, or did
page
Inference/Reasoning
What this shows about how culture, time, or place influenced Salva’s or Nya’s identity
Used in your writing?
Quote (About Nya or Salva?)
Meaning (Related to culture, time, or place?)
Pass out their copies to write on. Will need 100

10. 10/11/16 Entry ___: Vocab
Must have all vocab completed by Friday to receive one point for each word. No late work accepted for this. Extra Credit Opportunity!! Create a word wall for us and get one point for each.
gourd, ritual, flinched, uncertainty, artillery, rose ,entrenched, grueling, hydration

11. 10/11/16 Entry__: Time Trip Article
Complete your Time Trip comparison of Salva’s story to the article. If you are done you will add your comparison with evidence from the article to the board.
Turn in your Time Trip comparison and article to use for Student Led Conferences.

12. THE CURRENT CLASSROOM “MODE”
Quiet Work
Stand & Deliver
Open Discussion
Team Work

13. DURING TEAM WORK…
I work cooperatively with my team members to accomplish a particular goal by:
Performing assigned tasks/roles
Listening to my team members
Respecting the ideas of others
Being a helpful contributor to the team.

14. 10/11/16 Entry:___ Gathering Evidence—Character Development in A Long Walk to Water
These two characters have many similarities and many differences. How do culture, time, and place influence the development of each character’s identity?
Detail/Evidence
What Salva or Nya thought, said, or did
Page
Inference/Reasoning
What this shows about how culture, time, or place influenced Salva’s or Nya’s identity
Used in your writing
Quote (About Nya or Salva?)
Meaning (Related to culture, time, or place?)

15. 1. Part A: Based on the text in Chapter 4, how did Salva feel about Buksa?
– Salva disagreed with Buksa – Salva was afraid of Buksa.
– Salva wanted to imitate Buksa – Salva was impressed with Buksa.
2. Part B: Which sentence from the passage best shows Salva’s feelings about Buksa?
– “Salva’s fear began to grow until it was even stronger than his hunger.”
– “By now Salva had caught the feeling of excitement.”
– “Salva frowned and shook his head.”
– “Just then Buksa stopped walking. Salva stopped, too.”
3. Part A: Paraphrase the sentence below in your own words: what is terrain, and what is the terrain like where Salva is walking?
“They slept on the ground. The terrain changed from scrub to woodland; they walked among stands of stunted trees. There was little to eat: a few fruits here and there, always either unripe or worm-rotten.”

16. THE CURRENT CLASSROOM “MODE”
Quiet Work
Stand & Deliver
Open Discussion
Team Work

17. STANDARDS FOR QUIET WORK
I am listening to the teacher.
I am not talking.
I am taking notes or doing other silent work as directed.
I am paying complete attention to the teacher.

18. 10/11/16 Entry__: Bell Work #2
We Do! Example Original Sentence: Tom was on his feet, shouting. Effective Rearrangements: Shouting, Tom was on his feet. Tom, shouting, was on his feet. You do the rest independently and glue into your journal. Out of the 6 you must do 3.
Give students copies of pg. 15 must pick three

19. Student Led Conferences
After watching the video you will be given handouts to start filling in using your grade printout.