Journeys of

Survival:
Walk
with
Me
Bit by bit, one step
at a time

Agenda
Launch:

Define Biography.

Read Salva Duts Biography.

Hook:
I Do:

You Do:

Summarizing the text INB page 5

We Do:

Choral Reading of Chapter 4.

Using Template with partner on Chapter 5

Wrap Up:

Homework

Vocabulary Practice
What would you need..
Read chapter 6-8 of ALWTW

Complete templates for each chapter INB Page 4

Launch
1. Define biography.
2. Why is it important to know
somebody's story? Explain.
3. Explain what we know so far
about Salva based on information
given in chapters 1, 2, and 3

Hook

Take out 8 sheets of

paper. We are going to
make a mini readers
book inside of our INB

I Do: INB page 5

Summarizing the text to get the GIST
RL.7.2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text
and analyze its development over the course of the
text; provide an objective summary of the text.
RL.7.3: Analyze how particular elements of a story
or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the
characters or plot).
RL.7.4:Determine the meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in a text, including
figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the
impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds
(e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a
poem or section of a story or drama.

Summary Template
1. Who: (Major Character{s}) What are their names?
2. What: (Plot) What is going on in the text? What is the
issue in the text
3. When: (Time Frame) What year or time of day is the text
taking place?
4. Where: (Setting) What geographical location? What are
the weather conditions?
5. How: (Theme) What is the protagonist learning? What are
you learning?
6. Summarize Chapter: In your own words, tell what
happened in the text.

Summarizing the Text cont.

Find new and unknown words.

This will allow you to examine
words that may be challenging
or hinder your reading
comprehension.

We Do: Reading to get the Gist

Listen and Read Along to Chapter #4

Practice with a partner.

Read Chapter 5 with a partner and complete template.

You will complete a template for each chapter in your readers log of the
book A Long Walk to Water.

It should be attached to page 4 in you Interactive Notebook.

Vocabulary Practice
aimless
scurry
protested

FOR EACH OF THE VOCABULARY WORDS

LISTED, COMPLETE FOLLOWING STEPS.
Use the word in a complete sentence.

droned

Identify a synonym and antonym.

luscious

Identify the part of speech.

dehydration

Identify two additional forms of the word.

grueling
entrenched
flinched
gourd

*****Bonus******
Create a visual representation of the word.

Due Monday

Wrap Up
What do you think you would
need to survive if you were in
a war torn region?

Homework
Re-read chapters 6-8 of ALWTW
On INB Page 4
Complete your templates in your readers
notebook (7 sheets of paper).
Complete Vocabulary Practice on separate
sheet of paper.
**Due Monday if Monday August 22, 2016 is
a Monday Schedule.