The 8th graders finished A Long Walk To Water, and then wrote two voice poems based on the two main characters Nya and Salva. Three students wanted to share with the Skyline community what they wrote.
Our Line of inquiry was: Reading a variety of genres about the same topic builds our understanding of the human condition. Approaches to Learning skills we focused on: communication, transfer & reflection.
Our Line of inquiry was: Reading a variety of genres about the same topic builds our understanding of the human condition. Approaches to Learning skills we focused on: communication, transfer & reflection.
If this doesn't inspire you to pick up a copy of the book and read it with us...we don't know what will.
By Helen and Bailey
Nya Both Salva
“It would take her half the
morning if she didn’t stop
along...”
( A Long Walk to Water page 1)
The way...
...to the pond is...
...to Ethiopia is...
...Long and trying.
“Thorns gored his feet
his lips became parched”
(A Long Walk to Water page 52)
My family...
...Needs me to bring them
water so we can live,
“A harsh desert climate,
a war ravaged environment,
and a lack of safe ...”
(Water for Sudan)
… is lost and I don’t know
where they are.
...Drinkable water...
...Is scarce and hard to find. We walk for days so we can escape the ...
...war...
...scares my mother when
...scares my mother when
we’re at the lake. She
fears losing my brother
and father.
The walk is long and
hard, and I am alone.
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By Ian S.
By Ian S.
Water.
I walk for miles every day
to get it.
Water.
The sole currency in this
barren place I am forced to survive in.
I don’t want to.
I don’t want to fetch water
every day. I wish I were in
school
was where I was separated from
my village when the fighting broke
out
I was lucky to be alive. Many people
died
at the hands of the Dinka
tribesmen.
from Nuer spears and clubs.
I wish that the fighting would end.
I want peace here.
I want to be happy.
Water.
Water decides that.
