A Long Walk to Water
A Long Walk to Water Packet
Chapter One:
1.The main character in the first storyline is Nya.
2. Nya is eleven years old.
3.The main character in the second storyline is Salva.
4. Salva is at school when the story begins.
5. Salva is tibe is called Dinka.
6. Salva is eleven years old.
7. Salva realizes he lucky because he has a lot of of cows, which means his family is well off.
8. Salva family is considered rich for having a lot of cows. He has two sisters who keep care of the house with his mom. He has two brothers, one who is older and one who is younger. His dad is a judge.
9. Salva is looking forward for a glass of milk when he gets home.
10. What interrupts Salva normal day is gunshots near the school.
11. Sala and his other classmates go to a bush to hind.
12. Where Salva lives, a civil war is happening.
Extension/ Discussion Question:
1. Based on the first chapter and the title of the novel, Nya is going to get some water for her family. It says “the big plastic container held only air.” meaning that the container had nothing in it. I assume that she is getting water because she is carrying a big plastic container and she is walking for a long time.
Chapter Two:
1. What happens to Nya in this chapter is what she gets a thorn stuck in her heel.
2. People who were walking with Salva decided to divide themselves by villages.
3.The home of Salva village was Loun-Ariik.
4. What the soldiers do to the people is get the men to fight with them.
5. What Salva tries to do in the rebel camp is to go to the group with men.
6. The men the next morning are forced to fight with the rebels.
7. The women and children sleep in the barn after leaving the rebel camp.
8. Salva gets ditched when he wakes up from the itchiness of the hay.
Extension/ Discussion Question:
1. I think other people left Salva behind because he was the only child. In the text it says that most of the group were teenagers and women. I think that they would leave Salva because they would think he
Chapter One:
1.The main character in the first storyline is Nya.
2. Nya is eleven years old.
3.The main character in the second storyline is Salva.
4. Salva is at school when the story begins.
5. Salva is tibe is called Dinka.
6. Salva is eleven years old.
7. Salva realizes he lucky because he has a lot of of cows, which means his family is well off.
8. Salva family is considered rich for having a lot of cows. He has two sisters who keep care of the house with his mom. He has two brothers, one who is older and one who is younger. His dad is a judge.
9. Salva is looking forward for a glass of milk when he gets home.
10. What interrupts Salva normal day is gunshots near the school.
11. Sala and his other classmates go to a bush to hind.
12. Where Salva lives, a civil war is happening.
Extension/ Discussion Question:
1. Based on the first chapter and the title of the novel, Nya is going to get some water for her family. It says “the big plastic container held only air.” meaning that the container had nothing in it. I assume that she is getting water because she is carrying a big plastic container and she is walking for a long time.
Chapter Two:
1. What happens to Nya in this chapter is what she gets a thorn stuck in her heel.
2. People who were walking with Salva decided to divide themselves by villages.
3.The home of Salva village was Loun-Ariik.
4. What the soldiers do to the people is get the men to fight with them.
5. What Salva tries to do in the rebel camp is to go to the group with men.
6. The men the next morning are forced to fight with the rebels.
7. The women and children sleep in the barn after leaving the rebel camp.
8. Salva gets ditched when he wakes up from the itchiness of the hay.
Extension/ Discussion Question:
1. I think other people left Salva behind because he was the only child. In the text it says that most of the group were teenagers and women. I think that they would leave Salva because they would think he