The document provides instructions and information for students about an assessment on A Long Walk to Water. It tells students to take out notes from yesterday and look over them for today's test. It provides learning objectives about comparing and contrasting the characters Nya and Salva. It notes that students can use their notebooks and yesterday's work during the test. After the test, students should start their homework if finished early. The document then provides instructions for a poetry writing assignment comparing Nya and Salva where students will use a two-voice poem graphic organizer. It gives guiding questions for students to consider as they plan their poem. It concludes with assigning the poem "Unexpected Links" as homework.

1. DO NOW
Take out notes from yesterday
Look them over for today’s test!
Any questions?

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Learning Objectives
I can explain how Park compares and
contrasts Nya and Salva to convey ideas
about how people survive in Sudan.
I can plan and write a two-voice poem that
compares and contrasts Salva and Nya to
convey my own ideas about how people
survived in the challenging environment of
South Sudan.

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Assessment
Test time!
What can you use?
• Notebooks
• Juxtaposition practice & Do Now
(yesterday)
• A Long Walk to Water

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Assessment
Finished early?
Start homework…..

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Poetry Writing
Back-to-Back/ Face-to-Face!
• Bring with you the Two Voice Poem Graphic
Organizer

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Poetry Writing
1) What is the most important factor in
survival on your chart?
• Why is it so important?
• Star it!!

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Poetry Writing
2) What big idea do you want your
readers to understand about that
survival factor?
• How will you use Salva
and Nya’s points of view
to communicate this?

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Poetry Writing
3) What would be a compelling detail or
scene with which to start your poem?
• Write a # 1 next to it
• Why is it a good place
to start?

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Poetry Writing
Two Voice Poem Graphic Organizer
1) Write at the top:
The big idea about survival I want my poem
to convey is _______________________.
2) Write one more sentence explaining this
main idea about survival.

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Poetry Writing
Two Voice Poem Graphic Organizer
3) Re-read your chart. Star ONLY the details
that will be most helpful to you in conveying
your main idea (from the top).

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Homework
“Unexpected Links”
• Read this poem
• Answer questions