Grade 7Module 1 Unit 2 Lesson 7

Today’s work• Opening • A. Entry Task and Review Learning Targets (5 minutes)• Work Time • A. Gathering Evidence to Compare Two Texts (10 minutes)• B. Chalk Talk Protocol (10 minutes)• C. Debrief Chalk Talk (10 minutes)• Closing and Assessment• A. Exit Ticket: Why Did Linda Sue Park Use Details in A Long Walk to Water That Did Not

Really • Happen? (10 minutes)• Homework • Note: This homework was assigned in Lesson 6 and is due at Lesson 8.• A. Reread Chapters 14 and 15 and add two quotes to your Gathering Textual Evidence

graphic organizer. • B. Read Chapters 16–18 and complete the Reader’s Notes (both parts) for these chapters. • C. Reread Chapters 16 – 18 and add two quotes

vocabulary

• contrast, cite, analyze, alter

Kick Off

• Complete this task individually. Refer to the pages you read last night for homework and to your Reader’s Dictionary.

• “I can compare and contrast the accounts of survival in

“Time Trip: Sudan’s Civil War” and A Long Walk to Water.” • 1. What does the word contrast mean? Underline the

parts of the learning target that could help you figure this out.

Learning Targets

• I can cite several pieces of text-based evidence from “Time Trip: Sudan’s Civil War” to support my analysis of the experience of people in South Sudan.

• I can compare and contrast the accounts of survival in “Time Trip: Sudan’s Civil War” and A Long Walk to Water.

• I can analyze how Linda Sue Park used or altered history in A Long Walk to Water.

Chart This

• Yesterday with your partner, you compared a fictional and a historical text. Now you are going to work individually to gather evidence to support your comparisons.

• Experience in• “Time Trip: Sudan’s Civil War”• Experience in• A Long Walk to Water

Write This Way

• In the article, I noticed that it mentioned how difficult it was to survive while trying to escape to Ethiopia. I know that is similar to Salva’s experience. So, on the left side of my notes, I will write the quote from the article that says, ‘They went days without food or water, eating leaves and berries and sucking liquid from mud to stay alive.’” As you are speaking, write the quote.

• Then say: “Next to that, in the right-hand column, I will write, ‘In Chapter 9, Salva was walking through the desert and didn’t have enough water,’” and write that in the right-hand column.

Complete Your Chart

• Work/Write/Partner Share/WholeGroupShare

Consider This

• Think about the choices that Linda Sue Park made when she wrote the book. Explain that A Long Walk to Water is historical fiction. It is based on real events, but it is not all literally true.

• For instance, although Salva is a real person, Nya is not. Salva’s experiences in the book are based on his experiences in real life. Nya’s experiences in the book are based on real events, but she is a fictional character.

Consider the Quotesread/reflect/respond

• “I hope that because of this book more people will learn about the Lost Boys and the Country of Sudan.” —Salva Dut, “A Message From Salva Dut” (116)

• • “Some of the details in this story have been fictionalized, but the major

events depicted are based on Salva’s own experiences.” —Linda Sue Park, Author’s Note (118)

• • “‘There will be many other people in the camp. You will become friends

with some of them—you will make a kind of family there.’” —Uncle, in Chapter 10 (60)

• • “The whole rest of the day, Salva went around saying ‘A, B, C,’ mostly to

himself but sometimes aloud, in a quiet voice.” —Chapter 14 (86)

Debrief,but don’t give away Victoria’s Secret!

• Notice responses.• Discuss with your partner some of the choices that

Linda Sue Park made.• Why did Linda Sue Park write this book? • Why did Park include so many historical facts in the

book? • Why did Park include details like Salva learning to read? • If you wanted to best understand what happened in

Sudan and how it affected people, would you read the novel or the article?

Possible answers

• If you want the historical facts, it would be better to read an article. However, if you want to understand people’s emotional experiences, it might be better to read the novel.

• Since Park knows Salva, she cares about this topic, so she wanted people to understand the history as well as Salva’s experience.”

Remember Your Homework

• This homework was assigned in Lesson 6 and is due at Lesson 8.

• A. Reread Chapters 14 and 15 and add two quotes to your Gathering Textual Evidence graphic organizer.

• B. Read Chapters 16–18 and complete the Reader’s Notes (both parts) for these chapters.

Exit Ticket

• Learning Target: I can analyze how Linda Sue Park used or altered history in A Long Walk to Water.

• Independently, write a response to the questions below.

• 1. What is one example of the way Linda Sue Park altered history in A Long Walk to Water?

• 2. Why might Linda Sue Park make the choice to alter

history in A Long Walk to Water?

ShowMeYourTeethGreetingsby Lorraine Caramanna