NYS Module 1 ELA 7th Grade

1. DO NOW
Take out Selecting Evidence worksheet
Re-read!
• Page 2 of A Long Walk to Water
• Why do you think there is so much talk
about cattle in the novel?
• How is that important in terms of
understanding Salva’s experience?

2. A Long Walk to Water
Learning Objectives
I can select evidence from the article
“Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War” to
support analysis of the perspectives of the
Nuer and Dinka tribes of Southern Sudan.
I can annotate text to help me track ideas.
I can use context clues to determine word
meaning.

3. A Long Walk to Water
Apply What You Learned
Think-Pair-Share
• After re-reading page # 2…
• Why is cattle mentioned so much?
• How is it important to understanding Salva?
• How did you know this?

4. A Long Walk to Water
Background Knowledge
“Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War”
Selecting Evidence organizer
• Today we’ll write about your understanding
of the Nuer and Dinka tribes

5. Writing : ACE!
Selecting Evidence Question
What impact did the use of guns have on
the conflict between the Dinka and the Nuer
tribes?
A = Answer the question (reword)
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6. Writing : ACE!
Selecting Evidence Question
Keep going…
C = Cite evidence
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7. Writing : ACE!
Selecting Evidence Question
Finish it up…
E = Explain why this quote answers the question (infer)
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8. A Long Walk to Water
Background Knowledge
“Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves
Dinka Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps”
Excerpt # 1
• Read along as I read
• Highlight words in bold
• Try to guess at words using context clues

9. A Long Walk to Water
Vocabulary
Have you figured it out?
Try it with a partner!
• ululating=
• compound=
• dowry=
• primarily=

10. A Long Walk to Water
Background Knowledge
“Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves
Dinka Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps”
Excerpt # 1
• Read along as I read again
• Pause = write the gist next to each
paragraph

11. A Long Walk to Water
The Gist!
“Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves Dinka
Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps”
Paragraph # 1
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12. A Long Walk to Water
The Gist!
“Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves Dinka
Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps”
Paragraph # 2
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13. A Long Walk to Water
The Gist!
“Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves Dinka
Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps”
Paragraph # 3
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14. A Long Walk to Water
The Gist!
“Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves Dinka
Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps”
Paragraph # 4
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15. A Long Walk to Water
The Gist!
“Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves Dinka
Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps”
Paragraph # 5
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16. A Long Walk to Water
The Gist!
“Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves Dinka
Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps”
Paragraph # 6
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17. A Long Walk to Water
The Gist!
“Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves Dinka
Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps”
Paragraph # 7
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18. A Long Walk to Water
The Gist!
“Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves Dinka
Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps”
Paragraph # 8
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19. “Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves Dinka
Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps”
Summary
What is the main idea of this excerpt
(pgh 1-8)?
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20. “Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves Dinka
Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps”
Summary
What is the main idea of this excerpt
(pgh 1-8)?
The Dinka use cattle as dowry to celebrate
weddings, but since the Dinka have no land and
have no cattle because of the war, they can only
make promises to give cattle in the future.

21. A Long Walk to Water
Background Knowledge
Exit Ticket!
Tell us what you think!
• What is one thing in “Things Close Readers
Do” that helps me the most when I read to
gather and select evidence?
• Why?

22. Difficult Texts!
What can we do?
Things Close Readers Do
• Get the gist of what a text is about
• Know how YOU deal with emotional text
• Talk about what they read!!
• Use the text to answer questions
• Re-read
• Make notes (annotate) as they read
• Focus on key vocabulary
• Use notes on quizzes!

23. A Long Walk to Water
Homework
“Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle…”
• Re-read the Excerpt 1
• Move on and try reading Excerpt # 2 on
your own
• Try to figure out the bold words