A Long Walk to Water
Teach your students this popular middle school book with the help of these engaging worksheets. The book is broken down into five sections, each with vocabulary, writing, and comprehension worksheets. We also include prereading work, as well as whole-book reflection.
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Test your students' understanding of the material in chapters 1 through 3 of A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. This printable packet has 7 multiple choice questions and 4 short answer reading comprehension questions.
6th through 8th Grades
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Vocabulary terms from chapter 1 through 3 include the words bush, artillery, mortar, veered, littered, rebels, restlessly, hazy, ritual, and orphan. These vocabulary cards include definitions for each of these words and can be used in many different ways.
6th through 8th Grades
Test your students' vocabulary acquisition from the first three chapters of A Long Walk to Water with these questions. This worksheet includes a question for each of the words covered in the vocabulary cards for this section.
6th through 8th Grades
This engaging crossword activity features the ten vocabulary words from this section of the book. Students will use hints or definitions to complete the puzzle.
5th through 8th Grades
This printout includes all of the vocab words from chapters 1 through 3 of A Long Walk to Water. Students will have to match each term with the correct definition.
6th through 8th Grades
With this worksheet, students are prompted to write an extended response to a question about Nya's journey and survival in regard to the challenges she faces in chapters 1 through 3.
6th through 8th Grades
Students can use this full page of lines, along with the blank back side of the page or an extra sheet of loose-leaf paper if needed, to reflect on Salva's internal versus external experience in chapters 1 through 3.
6th through 8th Grades
These reading comprehension questions focus on chapters 4, 5, and 6 of A Long Walk to Water and test students' understanding of the material they've read.
6th through 8th Grades
The vocabulary words for this section of the book are scanned, exchanged, gourd, scrub, satisfaction, survey, bleary, accent, fiercest, solemn, charred, and fortunate. Cut out these vocabulary cards and use them in a variety of ways to practice the terms and definitions.
6th through 8th Grades
Have your students answer these vocabulary questions to test their understanding of the vocab words from this part of the book.
6th through 8th Grades
Use the hints and vocabulary words from this section of the book to complete the crossword.
6th through 8th Grades
This printable worksheet includes a hint and several letters for each of the words from this section's vocabulary unit. Students must complete the word and write it correctly on the line.
6th through 8th Grades
This extended response writing prompt asks students to reflect on Salva's experience and the challenges he faces in terms of his resilience and determination to survive.
6th through 8th Grades
This writing prompt asks students to compare and contrast how Nya and Salva approach survival, as well as the challenges they face and their attitudes toward survival.
6th through 8th Grades
This set of questions includes 6 multiple choice questions and 4 short responses for students to complete.
6th through 8th Grades
The vocabulary words from this section of the book are staggered, puzzled, monotonous, abundance, exception, dismounted, abruptly, desperate, relentless, lag, and utterly. The vocabulary cards can be used in various ways to practice the words and their definitions.
6th through 8th Grades
Reinforce your students' understanding of the vocabulary words from this section of the book with thought-provoking questions about their meanings.
6th through 8th Grades
Learn or reinforce the understanding of the vocabulary words for this section of the book by completing a fun crossword puzzle activity.
6th through 8th Grades
This worksheet includes a word box with the vocabulary terms from these chapters and 11 sentences for students to complete using these terms.
6th through 8th Grades
With this writing prompt, students will write about Salva's experience walking across the Akobo Desert. They will cite specific obstacles he faced and analyze how he responded to these challenges.
6th through 8th Grades
Students will respond to this prompt with evidence from the text explaining how Salva has evolved so far throughout the text, specifically in regard to how he reacted to seeing the nine people collapsed on the sand.
6th through 8th Grades
Use this Venn diagram worksheet to compare and contrast traits of Uncle Jewiir and Salva. In addition to completing the diagram using the words provided, students will explain why they chose some of the words they did.
6th through 8th Grades
Test your students recall and understanding of the events from chapters 11 through 14 of A Long Walk to Water.
5th through 8th Grades
These vocab cards include key terms from chapters 11 through 14 of A Long Walk to Water. Included words are scythed, masses, merciless, borehole, mourn, skittered, rumor, aid, telltale, and peril.
5th through 8th Grades
Use this set of vocabulary questions to review key terms from chapters 11 through 14 of the book A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park.
5th through 8th Grades
Make sure your students understand the vocabulary words from these chapters with this engaging matching activity.
5th through 8th Grades
Complete this crossword puzzle to reinforce your understanding of the vocab words from this section of the book.
5th through 8th Grades
This writing prompt encourages students to reflect on how Salva's character has changed throughout the book, specifically in regard to his conclusion that his family has most likely died.
5th through 8th Grades
This writing prompt asks students to imagine they were a part of Salva's group on the journey. They are directed to describe what kind of role they would take on in the group and reflect on how their skills and strengths could help the group survive and succeed.
5th through 8th Grades
The summarizer of the lit circle is in charge of writing and sharing a summary of the assigned chapters with the group. They should use important details and be the person to start the group's discussion.
6th through 8th Grades
Tasked with identifying three difficult words from the assigned reading and defining them, the word wizard must also come up with their own sentences correctly using each word.
6th through 8th Grades
The real-life connector has the job of picking two specific events from the chapters and connecting them to something that has happened to them or someone else they know about.
6th through 8th Grades
The question leader should encourage everyone in the circle to thoughtfully answer the four questions they came up with.
6th through 8th Grades
The literature circle's artist is the illustrator. They are in charge of drawing a scene from the book, using details from the text and showing characters and setting.
6th through 8th Grades
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