https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh By: Bryanna Speers en-us 2018-10-03 16:01:49 UTC 2023-03-16 00:17:23 UTC hello@padlet.com bspeers https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/288729991 A Long Walk to Water]]> 2018-10-03 16:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/288729991 bspeers https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/288730750 Main Characters: Salva and Nya]]> 2018-10-03 16:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/288730750 bspeers https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289213110 Nya lives in present day Somalia walking the lengthy journey to fetch water twice a day to hydrate her family. She is a member of the Nuer tribe which battles over land with Salva's tribe. Water and walking is central to both tales, as is determination.]]> 2018-10-04 15:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289213110 bspeers https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289215211 A Long Walk to Water' is one of those stories. It is a story that is partially based on the true story of Salva Dut, a Somalian from the Dinka tribe, who trekked across his country into Ethiopia to escape the war that ravaged his land.]]> 2018-10-04 15:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289215211 bspeers https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289216936 Facts: Nya's sister becomes very ill after drinking some contaminated water. They are all constantly at risk of becoming sick or worse...dying without clean water. Meanwhile, Salva, who has now become one of the Lost Boys of Africa.]]> 2018-10-04 15:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289216936 bspeers https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289219240 The long walk for not even clean water:]]> 2018-10-04 15:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289219240 bspeers https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289221906 In fact if you did not know, Salva is a real person!! As a teenager in 1990, Salva led about 1,500 of the Lost Boys from Ethiopia across hundreds of desert miles through Sudan to the United Nations-controlled Kakuma refugee camp near the Kenyan city of Lodawar. He lived in the barbed wire enclosed camp with 92,000 other refugees for nearly six years.]]> 2018-10-04 15:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289221906 bspeers https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289223955 Salva Dut: ]]> 2018-10-04 15:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289223955 bspeers https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289227528 Group questions from in the book!! Do you think Salva's journey is long hard and challenging? Please come up with more questions and comments. You can also comment just keep it on the topic!!]]> 2018-10-04 16:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289227528 bspeers https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289227767 By: Bryanna Speers]]> 2018-10-04 16:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289227767 eheaven https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289231458 Yes, i think salvas journey seems very challenging because of lions and bees.]]> 2018-10-04 16:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289231458 bspeers https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289232188 Right Emberly!!]]> 2018-10-04 16:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289232188 jwickham2 https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289247625 Salva's journey is not only physically challenging, but it is emotionally and mentally challenging as well. When he was referred to as an orphan, he was pained by the reminder that he has a family but he is not separated from them. I wonder if he will ever reunite with his family.]]> 2018-10-04 16:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bspeers/hrotu1u3knwh/wish/289247625