Vocabulary
Nya
Salva
Skills
Surprise!
100
To hold something or someone carefully.
What is cradle?
100
Why did Nya have to worry about thorns on the ground?
Nya had to worry about the thorns on the ground because she had no shoes.
100
Why couldn't Salva attend school all year?
During the dry season his family moved away from the village.
100
What does it mean to "cite evidence"?
If you cite something, you quote it or mention it, as an example or proof/evidence.
100
"Some of them gathered wood to build a fire. Others helped clean and dress the animal. Then they roasted it on the fire." Which word means the same or almost the same as dress as used in the sentence above? a. Cloth b. prepare c. bake d. hunt
b. prepare
200
The most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about.
What is the main idea?
200
Why did Linda Sue Park say, "The going was easy" when she described the ways Nya could carry the water container?
Going to get water was easy because on the way to get water the container was empty and easy to carry.
200
Why didn't Salva's sisters, Akit, Agnath, go to school? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer.
Akit and Agnath do not go to school because the text says they did not go to because “like other girls in the village, they stayed home and learned from their mother how to keep house.” (Park 2,3)
200
Give me an example of "I notice/I wonder" from the book.
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200
According to the text, what are rebels? Use complete sentence(s) to answer.
Rebels are people who fight against the government. The text states, “but he knew that rebels from the southern part of Sudan, where he and his family lived, were fighting against the government.” (Park, 6)
300
An established, selected, or assigned course of travel.
What is route?
300
Cite evidence from your text to prove Nya's age.
"Tall for her eleven years, Nya could switch the handle from one hand to the other..."
300
Why does Salva learn the Arabic Language?
It is the official language of the Sudanese Government.
300
What is something that close readers do?
Close readers: reread, annotate text, write down questions regarding text or vocabulary.
300
Why did Salva's teacher instruct the boys to run "into the bush?" Use complete sentence(s) to answer.
Salva’s teacher instructed the boys to run into the bush because he felt they would be safer there. The teacher said, “into the bush…not home. They will Be going into the villages. Stay away from the villages—run into the bush.” (Park, 6)
400
To find out or come to a decision.
What is "determine"?
400
When is Nya's story taking place?
2008
400
What is the main idea of Salva's story in chapter 1?
Life can change quickly from predictable to disorderly.
400
What is a Point of View
The angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion, or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation. In literature, point of view is the mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story, poem, essay etc.
400
Why was there war in Sudan?
The government wanted all of Sudan to become Muslim but people in the south had different religions and did not want to practice Islam.
500
A stretch of uncleared or lightly settled country.
What is "bush"?
500
What made Nya's walk to water so difficult? Cite the text to find your answer.
"Heat. Time. And Thorns." (Page 1)
500
Why did Salva's teacher instruct the boys to run "into the bush?" Use complete sentence(s) to answer.
Salva’s teacher instructed the boys to run into the bush because he felt they would be safer there. The teacher said, “into the bush…not home. They will Be going into the villages. Stay away from the villages—run into the bush.” (Park, 6)
500
What does it mean to infer?
To form (an opinion) from evidence : to reach (a conclusion) based on known facts.
500
What three things may influence the development of our identities?
Culture, Time in History, Physical Place
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