What tribe is Salva from?
Dinka
Nuer
What vocab word means:
the quality allowing someone to continue trying to do something even though it is
difficult
perseverance
How is each chapter organized?
Two different stories/perspectives (Nya and Salva's)
different headings, font, text
Boys like Salva who had to run away from home because of war
How does Salva decide to help the people of Sudan?
He raised money and created an organization to bring water to villages in Sudan
What did they build in Nya's village after drilling the well?
A school
What vocab word means:
separated from others
isolated
What is different about the last chapter's structure compared to every other chapter?
It is only Nya's story/perspective
How do people tell Dinka and Nuer tribes apart?
They have ritual scar patterns on their faces
What were the conditions like at the Kakuma or Ifo refugee camp where Salva traveled to?
Not a lot of food or doctors, makeshift shelters, no work, refugees couldn't leave the camps
Double Jeopardy:
Why can't Nya's family live next to the lake camp all year round?
It is not safe because Dinka men attack it, and she's Nuer
What vocab word means:
very thin from disease, hunger or cold
emaciated
What is the main idea of a passage?
the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about.
What happened in the Gilo River?
-Soldiers were shooting at Salva and other refugees from the Ethiopian refugee camp. Chasing them back to Sudan
-Salva swam away from crocodiles and soldiers with guns
How many boys did Salva lead to Kenya after fleeing the refugee camp in Ethiopia?
1,500
What does Nya and her mother fear while her brother and father go hunting?
They fear they will be killed by Dinka tribesmen
What vocab word means:
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
despair
What is one way Nya's life will change now that she has a well in her village?
She doesn't have to walk to water
They will have a market and medical clinica
Double Jeopardy:
Why was the war being fought in Sudan?
The government wanted everyone to practice the same religion
What was the name of the aid worker who taught Salva English and showed him how to play volleyball?
Michael
Why was Nya surprised that the boss of the drilling team (Salva) was Dinka?
Dinka and Nuer do not get along
he did not have the ritual scarring
What vocab word means:
someone forced to leave a country because of war, religious or political reasons
refugee
How does the title of the book, A Long Walk to Water, connect to both Salva and Nya?
Nya has to walk everyday to get water.
Salva had a long journey and eventually led him to bringing water to people in Sudan.
Both had long journeys, both connected to water
Just keep going...take it one day at a time