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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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Chapters 1–3

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
aQuestions for Chapters 1–3
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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
aVocabulary Cards (Chapters 1–3)
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
aVocabulary Questions (Chapters 1–3)
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
aVocabulary Crossword for Chapters 1–3
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
aChapters 1–3 Writing Prompt:<br>Nya's Experience
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
aChapters 1–3 Writing Prompt:<br>Salva's Internal Dialogue vs. Outward Disposition

Chapters 4–6

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
aQuestions for Chapters 4–6
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
aVocabulary Cards (Chapters 4–6)
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
aVocabulary Questions (Chapters 4–6)
Use the hints and vocabulary words from this section of the book to complete the crossword.
6th through 8th Grades
aVocabulary Crossword for Chapters 4–6
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
aChapters 4–6 Writing Prompt:<br>Resilience & Determination
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
aChapters 4–6 Writing Prompt:<br>Nya and Salva's Approach to Survival

Chapters 7–10

This set of questions includes 6 multiple choice questions and 4 short responses for students to complete.
6th through 8th Grades
aQuestions for Chapters 7–10
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
aVocabulary Cards (Chapters 7–10)
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
aVocabulary Questions (Chapters 7–10)
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
aVocabulary Crossword for Chapters 7–10
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
aChapters 7–10 Writing Prompt:<br>Salva's Experience in the Desert
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
aChapters 7–10 Writing Prompt:<br>Salva's Character Evolution
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
aVenn Diagram: Uncle Jewiir and Salva

Literature Circle Worksheets

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
aLiterature Circle: Summarizer
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
aLiterature Circle: Word Wizard
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
aLiterature Circle: Real-Life Connector
The question leader should encourage everyone in the circle to thoughtfully answer the four questions they came up with.
6th through 8th Grades
aLiterature Circle: Question Leader
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
aLiterature Circle: Illustrator

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