NYS Common Core 7th Grade ELA Module 1 Unit 2

1. DO NOW
Take out homework:
Vocabulary Worksheet (“Author’s Note”)
Vocabulary
1. What does genocide mean? How can
you tell? (pg. 119)
2. What does referendum mean? How
can you tell? (pg. 119)

2. A Long Walk to Water
Dictionary Work
Vocabulary
Copy into back of notebook
• genocide:
Greek “gen” = race or class
Latin “cidere” = to cut down, to kill

3. A Long Walk to Water
Learning Objectives
I can plan and write a two voice poem that
compares and contrasts how Salva and Nya
survived in the challenging environment of
South Sudan.
I can gather evidence from A Long Walk to
Water for my two voice poem.

4. A Long Walk to Water
Poetry Writing
Two Voice Poem Organizer!
• Need evidence from book
• Need evidence from articles
• Need to make decisions on what will be best
to put into your poem (like Ms. Park!)

5. Poetry Writing
Historical Facts
that connect to
Nya (articles)
Evidence from
Nya’s story on
survival
(book)
Factor that
allowed
survival
(chart)
Evidence
from Salva’s
story on
survival
(book)
Historical
Facts that
connect to
Salva
(articles)
Villages can’t drill a
borehole well on their
own because they
don’t have expertise
or equipment. A
borehole well is a well
that goes down
hundreds of feet to an
aquifer.
Water for South
Sudan, drilled a
well in Nya’s
village.
Aid
organizations
Salva lived for a
number of years
in refugee
camps in Kenya
that were run
by aid
organizations.
Many other
boys, like
Salva, fled the
flighting in
Sudan and
ended up in
refugee camps.
Many of them
were helped by
aid
organizations
to resettle in
the U.S.
Water for South
Sudan believes that
by working with
villagers to help htem,
they will make it
possible for the
villagers to improve
their own lives in
many ways. (waterfor
southsudan)
The well would
make life better:
she would not get
sick from dirty
water like her
sister, and she
would be able to
go to school.
When Nya found
out a school would
be built, “She felt
as if she were
flying.” (104)
He learned
English from a
worker named
Michael.
An aid
organization
helped him
resettle in the
U.S.
(Author’s Note)

6. Poetry Writing
Historical
Facts that
connect to
Nya (articles)
Evidence from
Nya’s story on
survival
(book)
Factor that
allowed
survival
(chart)
Look in
Washington Post
article # 1:
Look in Chapter
2:
Perseverance
Evidence from
Salva’s story
on survival
(book)
Historical
Facts that
connect to
Salva
(articles)

7. A Long Walk to Water
Poetry Writing
Turn and Talk…
• Show your shoulder partner your organizer
• Help each other identify places to find
information
• When done, work independently to complete
your organizer

8. A Long Walk to Water
Homework
Complete the Two Voice Poem
Organizer
• Bring home your book and articles!
• Will collect tomorrow