teacher#39;s guide by jan mcdonaldrocky mountain.pdf

teacher’s guide by Jan McDonald/Rocky Mountain Readers teacher’s guide by Jan McDonald/Rocky Mountain Readers CONTENTS I. BEFORE READING Description of the Story 3 About the Author 3 About the Illustrator 4 Story Structure and the Art of Jim Averbeck 4 The Lost Boys of Sudan 4-5 Haiku 5 Anticipation Guide 5-6 Word Splash 7 II. DURING READING CHAPTER BY CHAPTER 8-25 Vocabulary/Context/Definition Question/Predict/Evaluate Extending the Story III. AFTER READING Extending the Story 26 Answers to Question/Predict/Evaluate 27-30 Common Core Standards 30-33 COMMON CORE STANDARDS This guide has been aligned with the Common Core Standards and these standards are noted at appropriate places throughout the guide in abbreviated form. The related standards in longer form for reading, writing, language, listening and speaking are listed at the end of this guide. 2 I. BEFORE READING Description of the Story A Long Walk to Water is an original serial novel taken from todays headlines. Written for the Breakfast Serials audience by Linda Sue Park, author of many novels for young people (including the Newbery Award winner, A Single Shard), A Long Walk to Water is based on the true story of Salva, one of some 3,800 Sudanese Lost Boys airlifted to