NYS Common Core 7th Grade ELA Module 1 Unit 2

1. DO NOW
More Essay Work!
1. Take out the sample essay
2. Re-read the first paragraph
3. What three (3) challenges does the essay
writer point out?
4. Get ready for WHICH / WITCH test!!

2. A Long Walk to Water
Learning Objectives
I can make connections between details in
A Long Walk to Water.
I can describe how these details support
the theme of survival in the novel.
I can discuss new vocabulary from the
NYS Grade 6-8 Expository Writing
Evaluation rubric.

3. A Long Walk to Water
Essay Writing
Three Challenges in First Paragraph
1. Salva faced ___________________
2. and _________________________
3. and _________________________

4. A Long Walk to Water
Essay Writing
Examining a Rubric
• Take out the “Challenges Facing a Lost Boy
of Sudan” essay from yesterday
• We will use the rubric to “grade” it!
• Will look for details that support the three
challenges in opening paragraph

5. A Long Walk to Water
Discussion Appointments
Today’s appointment:
Kenya APPOINTMENT!

6. A Long Walk to Water
Discussion Appointment
Use the Essay
• Together, read through the essay
• Highlight one detail that supports each
challenge:
• War
• Loss of family
• Hostile environment

7. A Long Walk to Water
Essay Writing
In what sentence/ paragraph did you
find your details?
• __________
• __________
• __________
• __________

8. Essay Writing
NYS Rubric
CRITERIA
**Row 2**
COMMAND OF
EVIDENCE:
the extent to
which the essay
presents
evidence from
the provided
texts to support
analysis and
reflection.
4
Essays at
this level:
3
Essays at
this level:
2
Essays at
this level:
Develop the
topic with
relevant, wellchosen facts,
definitions,
concrete
details,
quotations or
other
information
and examples
from the text
Develop the
topic with
relevant facts,
definitions,
details,
quotations or
other
information
and examples
from the text.
Partially
develop the
topic of the
essay with the
use of some
textual
evidence, some
of which may
be irrelevant.
Sustain the
use of varied,
relevant
evidence.
Sustain the
use of relevant
evidence, with
some lack of
variety.
Use relevant
evidence
inconsistently.
1
Essays at
this level:
Demonstrate
an attempt to
use evidence,
but only
develop ideas
with minimal,
occasional
evidence
which is
generally
invalid or
irrelevant.
0
Essays
at this
level:
Provide no
evidence or
provide
evidence
that is
completely
irrelevant.
Read this row with your partner and circle any confusing words.

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Vocabulary
What words did you circle?
• __________
• __________
• __________
• __________

10. A Long Walk to Water
Vocabulary
What words did you circle?
• __________
• __________
• __________
• __________

11. Writer’s Tips
What can we do?
Things Good Writers Do
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State the main idea in the beginning
State the main idea in the ending (again)
Give examples to support your topic
Make the beginning interesting
Match and answer the question
Really understand what you are writing
Details (quotes) should support a claim.

12. A Long Walk to Water
Essay Writing
Connecting Details to Claims
• Take out your Forming Evidence-Based
Claims organizer
• Will practice writing about Nya in class
• You will write about Salva on your own!!

13. Forming Evidence-Based Claims
Focusing Question
What factors made survival possible for Nya
in A Long Walk to Water?
Detail from the Novel
Detail from the Novel
Detail from the Novel
“She should drink only
good clean water. If
the water is dirty, you
should boil it for a
count of two hundred
before she drinks it.”
(45)
“…unfamiliar noises
that mingles with the
voices of men shouting
and women singing. It
was the sound of
people working hard
together.” (71)
“To the pond and back
– to the pond and back
– nearly a full day of
walking altogether.
This was Nya’s daily
routine seven months
of the year.” (20)
My thinking about this
detail
My thinking about his
detail
My thinking about this
detail
Nya and her family must
In Nya’s village…
Before the well, Nya had
boil water to keep them
healthy, especially Nya’s
sister Akeer, who got
sick from bad water.
to…

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Forming Evidence-Based Claims
How I connect these
details
This quote means that This quote means that This quote means that
the family must learn
the Nuer community
all people in Nya’s
how to fix
must work together
village must work
contaminated water
to build a good well
very hard every day
to survive.
to help their families.
CLAIM
In order to survive in southern Sudan in 2008, Nya and
her family have to know how to
__________________________, how to _____________
_____________________ and how to _______________
______________________________.

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Essay Writing
Discuss My Modeling
1. What did you notice about my modeling?
2. What questions do you have?

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Essay Writing
YOUR Salva organizer!
1. Complete Row 2 by explaining what your
quote/ evidence means
2. When done, give it to your partner
3. Read your partner’s and give them feedback

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Essay Writing
Keep going…
4. When your Row 2 is done, move on to
creating a claim
5. If you need help, raise your hand OR work
with your partner!

18. A Long Walk to Water
Homework
Complete the Organizer:
• All parts must be completed by Monday!
AND
BOOK REPORT DUE MONDAY!!