10-5-15 Learning Target: I can determine the central idea of literary and informational texts.
Homework: Read for 20 minutes
Optional rewrites due Friday.
Reread and annotate article on page 45-46
In-class-on-demand writing assessment tomorrow.
Word of the Day: dowry
Context: “….the absence of cattle has transformed the dowry process. Negotiations used to be held in which the boy’s family agreed to give cows, sometimes as many as 100, to the Dinka girl’s relatives.”
Opening Activity:
Vocabulary in context: Chapter 6 / Preview chapter 7
Today:
1. Read and listen to chapter 7
2. Work with “Kenya” partner to complete Reader’s Notes for chapter 7 (workbook p. 5)
3. Determine meaning of vocab words in context for chapter 7 (Reader’s Dictionary p. 5)
4. Share out
5. Analyze quote from the novel:
“Salva’s father was a successful man. He owned many head of cattle and worked as their village’s judge – an honored, respected position” (2).
n Why do you think there is so much talk about cattle in this novel?
n How is that important in terms of us understanding Salva’s experience?
6. Skim “Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves Dinka Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps”
7. Define (in context): ululating, compound, primarily
8. Read and listen to the article (excerpts 1 and 2?)
Closing Activity:
Begin to annotate for gist – finish for homework!
In-class-on-demand writing assessment tomorrow.
6Vocabulary: Page: Definition
generation / 33 / The average amount of time between the birth of a person and that person’s childrenmakeshift / 33
hopes were dashed / 34
solemn / 35
topi / 36
aroma / 36
cold fist gripped his heart / 38
Other new words:
Gist Notes A Long Walk to Water
Chapter / What Nya’s story is about / What Salva’s story is about7
8
Vocabulary Word: Page:
terror / 40puzzled / 42
reeds / 43
papyrus / 43
shallow canoes / 43
prow / 44 / The front of a boat
monotonous / 46
abundance / 47
massed / 49
gourd / 50 / A round fruit whose shell can be used as a container
desperate / 50
Other new words: