A Long Walk to Water Packet

A Long Walk to Water 

 
 

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Chapters 1 - 2 

Vocabulary​ – write what you think the word meaning from context clues 

Word  What I think it Means 
 
   
 
 
 

Sentence from the Text and Page Number   
   
   
   
 
 
 
 

 
Questions  

1. What issues are the rebels fighting against the government for? What does it mean 
for Sudan to become Muslim? 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
2. What are the uncertainties of Salva’s life?  
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
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Chapters 3 - 4 

Vocabulary​ – write what you think the word meaning from context clues 

Word  What I think it Means 
 
   
 
 
 

Sentence from the Text and Page Number   
   
   
   
 
 
 
 

 
Questions  

1. Why does the woman from the Jur-chol tribe help Salva? Why does she move one 
with him? 

 

   
 
   

   
2. Why do the boys, Buksa and Salva, fall behind? What have they discovered?    
   

 

 

 
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I feel ____________________________________________________________________________________ 

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Chapters 5 - 6 

Vocabulary​ – write what you think the word meaning from context clues 

Word  What I think it Means 
 
   
 
 
 

Sentence from the Text and Page Number   
   
   
   
 
 
 
 

 
Questions  

1. Describe Salva’s new friend, Marial. What is he like?  

 

   
 
   

   
2. How does Nya feel about the camp?    
   

 

 

 
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I feel ____________________________________________________________________________________ 

I am confused about _________________________________________________________________ 
 
 
 

Chapters 7-8 

Vocabulary​ – write what you think the word meaning from context clues 

Word  What I think it Means 
 
   
 
 
 

Sentence from the Text and Page Number   
   
   
   
 
 
 
 

 
Questions  

1. How do they know a lion took Marial? How is it possible that no one heard anything? 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
2. Of all the elements Salva has faced, which do you think is the worst? 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
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Chapters 9-10 

Vocabulary​ – write what you think the word meaning from context clues 

Word  What I think it Means 
 
   
 
 
 

Sentence from the Text and Page Number   
   
   
   
 
 
 
 

 
Questions  

1. How does the village chief welcome strangers? What do you think they want? 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
2. What happened to the village of Loun-Ariik? Find a quote for the book that proves 
this 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
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I feel ____________________________________________________________________________________ 

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Chapters 11-12 

Vocabulary​ – write what you think the word meaning from context clues 

Word  What I think it Means 
 
   
 
 
 

Sentence from the Text and Page Number   
   
   
   
 
 
 
 

 
Questions  

1. List positive and negative aspects of the refugee camp. 

 

   
 
   

   
2. How have things changed in the camp in six years? Why is it closing?   
   

 

 

 
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Chapters 13-14 

Vocabulary​ – write what you think the word meaning from context clues 

Word  What I think it Means 
 
   
 
 
 

Sentence from the Text and Page Number   
   
   
   
 
 
 
 

 
Questions  

1. What is the government trying to do by driving people into the water? 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
2. What does the author mean “sometimes he felt he was torn in two by the hoping and 
the not hoping?” 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
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Chapters 15-16 

Vocabulary​ – write what you think the word meaning from context clues 

Word  What I think it Means 
 
   
 
 
 

Sentence from the Text and Page Number   
   
   
   
 
 
 
 

 
Questions  

1. Why can’t the boys drink the water spraying from the hole? When will Nya lose her 
job? 

 

   
 
   

   
2. What are the many risks Salva is taking in order to find his father?   
   

 

 

 
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I feel ____________________________________________________________________________________ 

I am confused about _________________________________________________________________ 
 
 

Chapters 17-18 

Vocabulary​ – write what you think the word meaning from context clues 

Word  What I think it Means 
 
   
 
 
 

Sentence from the Text and Page Number   
   
   
   
 
 
 
 

 
Questions  

1. Was the reunion of Salva and his father what you expected? What did Salva learn 
from his father? What did his father learn from him? 

 

   
 
   

   
2. “Why would a Dinka bring water to us?” How would you answer Nya’s question?   
   

 

 

 
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I wonder _______________________________________________________________________________ 
I feel ____________________________________________________________________________________ 

I am confused about _________________________________________________________________