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Last updated: October 24, 2022
Table of Contents for Teacher Guide
Pre-Reading Activities�Slides 6-24 | Setting Venn Diagram - Slide 25 | |
Anticipation Guide�Slide 8 | Cultural Representation Reflection - Slide 26 | |
About the Book and Author Slides 9-13 | Support Systems for Minni chart - Slide 27 | |
About Mumbai�Slides 14 - 16 | Readers Ask Questions, Plot Diagrams and more - Slides 28-42 | |
Quizziz and Journal Prompts Slide 17 | Predictions sheet - Slide 43 | |
Understanding the water crisis�Slides 18-20 | Weekly #GRAThirstSlowChat on twitter - Slide 69 | |
Accompany books - Slides 21 - 24 | Culminating Tasks (Choice Board) | |
If you notice errors or have questions or ideas please reach out to me on Twitter @MsAmandaLong or amanda.long@ddsb.ca
Week 1: October 3-9 | Chapters 1-7 |
Week 2: October 10-16 | Chapters 8-16 |
Week 3: October 17-23 | Chapters 17-22 |
Week 4: October 24-30 | Chapters 23-31 |
Week 5: Oct 31-Nov 6 | Chapters 32-37 |
Week 6: November 7-13 | Chapter 38-end |
Global Read Aloud Reading Schedule
** If you have a connection class, you may wish to do “mystery skype” or predicting activities end of September before reading starts. To find a connection class check out this sign up document.
Here is a great digital postcard template adapted by Melissa Roth if you don’t want to spend money on postage/shipping.
Remember to add your school to the padlet and share with your class!
Ryan Tindale does weekly Kahoots. You can sign up here
You can make a copy of the slides you wish to use with students and share with them for activities such as:�
To make a copy of any slide click the slide on the left in edit mode. Press CTRL+C to COPY then CTRL+V to PASTE.
**Student Digital Portfolio** (This is the working copy draft)
Teacher’s Guide: �(Official Educator guide PDF HERE)
Before you read:�Thirst takes places in Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, on the Indian West Coast. As author, Varsha Bajaj says, it is a city of overwhelming contrasts, of “haves and have nots.” It is the commercial capital of India and the heart of Bollywood music and film and glamour and therefore attracts people from all over India in search of jobs and opportunity.
Show Mumbai on the map for readers.
Show the stark differences between Mumbai’s wealth - high rises and shanty towns. It is important to avoid ‘poverty tourism’ when sharing this text with students, so be sure to elevate Minni and the other characters in the book as the whole and nuanced characters they are.
Use the index to choose class activities for pre-reading and connect with your connection class if you have one set up
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EXPLORE
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Here are some ideas for your weekly “notes”:�
To make a copy of any slide click the slide on the left in edit mode. Press CTRL+C to COPY then CTRL+V to PASTE.
Things to Know:�
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THIRST�Make Predictions
Study the cover of the novel and make predictions about what you think will happen.
Consider:
Write these questions and anything else you notice about the cover. Be sure to include what you think the novel will be about.
Wonders and Noticings on the Cover
What does “Thirst” mean? What could this book be about? Use clues from the cover picture to infer.
I see… | I wonder... | I think…. |
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Anticipation Guide
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Children’s only job is to go to school and enjoy childhood. | Agree | Disagree |
Family is the group of people you are born into. | Agree | Disagree |
Best friends should be more similar than different. | Agree | Disagree |
My lifestyle has an effect on the land around me and beyond. | Agree | Disagree |
Every child can and should go to school to learn. | Agree | Disagree |
Everyone has access to clean water. | Agree | Disagree |
All good ideas come with problems. | Agree | Disagree |
Technology can give us power. | Agree | Disagree |
If you are sick, you can see a doctor to get better. | Agree | Disagree |
Directions: Read each statement, then drag an oval to agree or disagree.
Think about why you chose what you did. Be prepared to explain your reasoning.
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About the Book
The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone.
Minni lives in the poorest part of Mumbai, where access to water is limited to a few hours a day and the communal taps have long lines. Lately, though, even that access is threatened by severe water shortages and thieves who are stealing this precious commodity - an act that Minni accidentally witnesses one night. Meanwhile, in the high-rise building where she just started to work, she discovers that water streams out of every faucet and there's even a rooftop swimming pool. Then, one day, Minni encounters the water mafia boss and faces her biggest dilemma yet - should she expose him even if it means risking her job… and maybe her life?
How did her future get so complicated?
About the Author
Varsha Bajaj was born and raised in Mumbai and immigrated to the United States for graduate education in Educational Psychology in her early 20s. As a young college graduate, she worked in neighbourhoods similar to Minni’s through a community health clinic. She returned before writing Thirst and realized that water was more of a concern than it had been 30 years ago. At the same time, information pipelines via cell phones had made it into the hands of all people, because no matter class or social status, everyone knows someone with a cellphone. Excited to see activism had increased, Varsha started drafting Minni’s story.
Meet the Author: Varsha Bajaj
Varsha Bajaj Website: https://www.varshabajaj.com/
My story begins in Mumbai, India, in the early 1960s in a rambling house built in 1929 surrounded by coconut, guava, and betel nut trees. I grew up in a large joint family. My father and grandfather were perfumers, always sniffing and perfecting blotter strips of sandalwood and jasmine. Making perfumes became part of my imaginative play. Didn’t everyone make perfumes of dirt, crushed flowers and pebbles?��I devoured Amar Chitra Katha comic books with stories from Indian mythology and was introduced to Marathi children’s theater by my parents. I read cross culturally. British author Enid Blyton’s series set in England, about boarding schools, caravans and unfamiliar foods like blancmange were favorites, along with Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series. The yearning to see and experience a diverse world was born. My grandfather influenced my reading choices as I got older, introducing me to Jane Austen, and P.G. Wodehouse.��On September 13th, 1986, I came to America as a graduate student.
Varsha Bajaj Website: https://www.varshabajaj.com/
On September 13th, 1986, I came to America as a graduate student. Young, naive, and idealistic, I arrived at Lambert international Airport in St. Louis with two suitcases, a few dollars and dreams. A student from the Foreign Student’s Office was supposed to meet me, with a sign. He wasn’t there. After waiting alone for an interminably long hour, I dug out my quarters (kept in case of an emergency that I hoped wouldn’t happen) and read unfamiliar directions to make a call. Another long hour later a student walked up and said, “Varsha?” I blinked tears and nodded. “Welcome to America,” he said. ��We drove into Illinois in uncomfortable silence. I felt a frightening loneliness. Everyone I knew and loved was a world away. Alien streets without people whizzed past me on the highway.��Then I read familiar words, “Mississippi River.” Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, and Mark Twain had introduced me to it.
That day a book made a scared girl from India feel less alone. Such is the power of story. It crosses boundaries, cultures. My adjustment to this country was facilitated by my knowledge of the language and my awareness of the culture through books, movies and music.��After a dozen intermediate years in which I got a Master’s degree, almost completed a doctorate, worked as a Counselor, got married, had children and became a citizen, I started writing. It was 1999, and I’d fallen in love with the picture book while reading aloud to my kids.��I continue to write today…
Author: Varsha Bajaj
Varsha Bajaj Website: https://www.varshabajaj.com/
Where is Mumbai?
THE SETTING
by
VARSHA
BAJAJ
Let’s learn about Mumbai!
A pre-reading activity
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
by
VARSHA
BAJAJ
The Water Crisis
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
by
VARSHA
BAJAJ
Mumbai’s Water Crisis
Alemitu lives with her mother in a poor village in Ethiopia, where she must walk miles for water and hunger roars in her belly. Even though life is difficult, she dreams of someday knowing more about the world. When her mother has no choice but to leave her at an orphanage to give her a chance at a better life, an American family adopts Alemitu. She becomes Eva in her new home in America, and although her life there is better in so many ways, she'll never forget her homeland and the mother who gave up so much for her. Told through the lens that water connects all people everywhere, this eye-opening, emotional story will get readers thinking about the world beyond their own.
Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth’s water from harm and corruption―a bold and lyrical picture book written by Carole Lindstrom and vibrantly illustrated by Michaela Goade.
With its wide sky and warm earth, Princess Gie Gie’s kingdom is a beautiful land. But clean drinking water is scarce in her small African village. And try as she might, Gie Gie cannot bring the water closer; she cannot make it run clearer. Every morning, she rises before the sun to make the long journey to the well. Instead of a crown, she wears a heavy pot on her head to collect the water. After the voyage home, after boiling the water to drink and clean with, Gie Gie thinks of the trip that tomorrow will bring. And she dreams. She dreams of a day when her village will have cool, crystal-clear water of its own.
The dual language edition, in Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) and English, of The Water Walker, the award-winning story of a determined Ojibwe Nokomis (Grandmother) Josephine-ba Mandamin and her great love for Nibi (water). Nokomis walked to raise awareness of our need to protect Nibi for future generations, and for all life on the planet. She, along with other women, men, and youth, have walked around all the Great Lakes from the four salt waters, or oceans, to Lake Superior. The walks are full of challenges, and by her example Josephine-ba invites us all to take up our responsibility to protect our water, the giver of life, and to protect our planet for all generations.
In the developed world, if you want a drink of water you just turn on a tap or open a bottle. But for millions of families worldwide, finding clean water is a daily challenge, and kids are often the ones responsible for carrying water to their homes. Every Last Drop looks at why the world’s water resources are at risk and how communities around the world are finding innovative ways to quench their thirst and water their crops. Maybe you’re not ready to drink fog, as they do in Chile, or use water made from treated sewage, but you can get a low-flush toilet, plant a tree, protect a wetland or just take shorter showers. Every last drop counts!
How would you cope in a world without water? Clean water is far, far more important than you might think! This book takes readers on a historical journey, examining how people coped in the past and how they developed ingenious ways to make life safer and less unpleasant. This book is bursting with surprising facts about this essential life source. As you learn about everything from how water keeps us healthy to the astounding ways in which it is used across the word, you'll soon see why you really, really wouldn't want to live without it!
In a small Ugandan village, Kato wakes early to start the long, barefoot trek beyond his village and along fields dotted with cattle and guarded by soldiers. His destination is the village well, where he will pump a day's supply of water into two jerry cans. Like every day, Kato lets the water splash over his hot tired feet before carrying his heavy load back home, where his chores await him. But this is no ordinary day. The aid worker's truck has come to the village square, and in the back is a gift so special, the little boy rushes home to look for something to repay the aid worker.
A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the “lost boys” of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay.Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya’s in an astonishing and moving way.
Running Water (available on EPIC)
Walking for Water takes place in Malawi, a country found in Africa. Malawi has one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world but the water is not safe to drink. That means the people of Malawi have to find clean water in wells, streams and rivers.
Most of Malawi does not have running water. Running water means you can turn on a tap or press a button and clean water flows out. Linesi and other girls and women in her community had to carry water from a river to their homes five times in order to have enough water for all of the activities for the day.
One strategy to help our students discover a broader understanding of an inclusive society is for them to see what they might not have noticed before. These multi-leveled reflections encourage readers to pause and reflect on the cultural representation of characters, setting, and events in the books they read. Then they can compare, contrast, and develop a connection to their own culture while taking a deeper look at the representation of others.
Access multi-levelled reflection templates at original source here.
Level 1 - Students consider cultural representation in the text by comparing and contrasting their own experiences with elements of the story using drawing and guided reflections.
Level 2 - Students consider cultural representations in the text with venn diagrams and guided reflection prompts that encourage them to consider familiar and unfamiliar aspects from the reading.
Level 3 - Students consider cultural representation with guided reflection on what they seein their world and the experiences they notice in the text. Power, privilege, and bias are among the themes that are examined.
Cultural Representation Reflection
Strength of Family and Friendships in Thirst
Positive relationships in Minni’s life, as with her teacher Shanti, and brother Sanjay, support her resilience and growth enormously. The empathetic camaraderie, kindness, and collective strength of those who surround her help Minni remain hopeful. Use the thinking organizer below to jot moments across the text when Minni is lifted up by her community, her family, her teacher, her friends or others.
Support | Community | Family | Teacher | Friends |
Evidence from text | | | | |
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Student printable here or you may wish to do this as a class on the board or flipchart paper.
Readers Ask Questions
Click the image to open
a forced copy on Jamboard ��to use with your class.
You can also download a PDF
from Jamboard to print and use.
Plot Map Diagram
Exposition
Background info
characters, Atmosphere, Setting
Rising Action
The main events leading to the climax
Climax The turning point in the story
Falling Action Events that lead to the resolution
Resolution
How things get tied up for the main characters
Conflict
The struggle between opposing forces
I) Internal or external 2) What category mann vs:
Title: Author:
What is Theme?
✏️ The theme is a central idea, or insight about life or human behaviour that a story reveals.
✏️ The theme is often not stated but inferred.
✏️ It’s the main idea that the story is built on.
✏️ Theme often applies to literary texts such as novels, short stories, dramas and poetry.
Main Idea:
The most important event or issue in the story.
Theme:
A message or lesson from the story that you can apply to your own life.
Theme Tracker
Get a Snapshot of the Various Settings
To get a better picture of the story, record what the author tells us about the setting. Write down a quote or description in each photo block. Underneath, write what that setting is. (Can be used for characters, sequencing plot, important events, very adaptable!)
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Printable option: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JBG9YH6C6amV9yXuZl-gDO5n7NgO9zaSeXD5y0kR9Rg/edit?usp=sharing
Compare and Contrast Characters
Minni
Sanjay
Compare and Contrast Characters
Minni
Faiza
Compare and Contrast Characters
Minni
Pinky
Character Traits
Active | bored | confident | faithful | imaginative |
adventurous | bossy | cowardly | foolish | impatient |
affectionate | brave | cruel | friendly | impolite |
ambitious | brilliant | curious | funny | immature |
angry | calm | daring | generous | impatient |
annoyed | capable | dependable | greedy | inactive |
anxious | cautious | dishonest | grouchy | independent |
argumentative | cheerful | eager | happy | intelligent |
astonished | clever | energetic | hateful | lazy |
attentive | compassionate | enthusiastic | hopeful | loving |
mean | quiet | sincere | terrified | wise |
moody | reliable | sly | thankful | witty |
mysterious | respectful | smart | thoughtful | worried |
nervous | responsible | sneaky | thrifty | |
noisy | rude | sociable | timid | |
optimistic | scared | strict | trusting | |
persistent | secretive | stubborn | uncontrolled | |
picky | selfish | sweet | unfriendly | |
pleasant | sensitive | talented | warm-hearted | |
popular | silly | talkative | weak | |
Character Traits
Name
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because
because
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Character Traits
Name
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is
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because
because
because
Sentence Starters for Responses
I noticed _________________________________________________________.
I wonder _________________________________________________________.
I think ___________________________________________________________.
I’d like to know ____________________________________________________.
If I were __________________________________________________________.
I was reminded of __________________________________________________.
I used to think _____________________, but know I think _________________.
Gallagher, Kelly & Penny Kittle - 180 Days; Portsmouth: Heinemann, 2018.
Thirst Predictions
I created a basic Predictions Sheet for printing or using digitally.
I plan to use with students for writing then to mail to one of our connection classes mid-way through the novel.
You may also enjoy the digital postcards. Here is a great digital postcard template adapted by Melissa Roth if you don’t want to spend money on postage/shipping.
Thirst
by Varsha Bajaj
�Global Read Aloud
with Ms. Long
#GRAThirst�#GRA22
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WEEK 1
Theme:
WEEK 1
Week 1: Oct. 3th – 7th : Chapters 1 – 7
Teacher Resources:
Student Notebook (weekly reflection questions, vocabulary, Minni’s poem/journal analysis questions and activities)
Choice Board for Week 1 created by @Melissa_Roth and her assessment tool (Ontario based curriculum expectations)
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Theme:
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Reflection Questions:
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Class activity:
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Minni’s Poems
Theme:
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Reflection Questions:
The water reaches out to the horizon,�as far as my eyes can see.�Sometimes the sea gently rolls, �rocking the fishing boats.�Other days it whirls and rises up, �smashing against the rocks.�They say water is life.�Does it know the trouble is causes?�The fights?�The lines?�The heartache?�Today, though, it’s calm.�Beautiful, like yards and yards of a blue sari�woven with threads of silver. �But what will tomorrow bring?
In chapter 3 (p. 14) Minni writes:
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Vocabulary
Monsoon (p. 1) | Charity (p. 2) | Decaying (p. 2) |
Cluster (p. 3) | Shimmering (p. 3) | Desalination (p. 4) |
Citronella (p. 7) | Daal (p. 6) | Pakodas (p. 6) |
Whimpering (p. 12) | Sari (p. 17) | Dowry (p. 17) |
Sangeet (p. 17) | Okra (p. 18) | conch shell (p. 18) |
Roti (p. 30) | Ghee (p. 30) | Henna (p. 30) |
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Week 1: October 3-9, 2022 Chapters 1-7
Hi teachers, check out the speaker notes for some ideas and resources to support vocabulary activities.
Week 1
Here is a visual glossary created by the KOA class at WCS, Waimea Country School, Kamuela, Hawaii, USA
WEEK 2
Theme:
Week 2: Oct. 10th – 16th: Chapters 8 – 16
Teacher Resources
Student Notebook (weekly reflection questions, vocabulary, Minni’s poem/journal analysis questions and activities)
Choice Board for Week 2 created by @Melissa_Roth and her assessment tool (Ontario based curriculum expectations)
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Theme:
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Reflection Questions:
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Class activity:
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EXPLORE
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Minni’s Poems
Theme:
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Reflection Questions:
I didn’t say namaste�or smile at Trouble�or invite it home.�I didn’t recognize it.�Like Red Riding Hood�didn’t recognize the wolf.
In chapter 9 (p. 43) Minni writes:
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Vocabulary
korma | misery | authority |
bribe | roti | quarreling |
weary | departing | wilted |
mantra | hauling | squabble |
clutching | fare (p.66) | looming |
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Week 2: October 10-16, 2022 Chapters 8-16
Hi teachers, check out the speaker notes for some ideas and resources to support vocabulary activities.
WEEK 2
Here is a visual glossary created Mrs. Guseman’s Class at SR,
WEEK 3
Theme:
Week 3: Oct. 17 – 23rd: Chapters 17 – 22
Teacher Resources:
Student Notebook (weekly reflection questions, vocabulary, Minni’s poem/journal analysis questions and activities)
Choice Board for Week 3 created by @Melissa_Roth and her assessment tool (Ontario based curriculum expectations)
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Theme:
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Reflection Questions:
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Class activity:
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Water flows through the taps in Pinky’s bathroom. The tap doesn’t need a marigold garland wrapped around it. Money, not prayers, makes the water flow.
In chapter 17 (p. 73) Minni writes:
Your family is always part of you,�in your blood and in your memories.�Your true friends are with you too.�They hold you in their hearts and walk beside you.�So that even the days you walk by yourself,�you’re not alone.
In chapter 18 (p. 78) Minni writes:
This brand-new language�has fascinating words.�Apps and algorithms,�bits and bytes,�cookies and clips,�data and disks,�windows, rooms, and firewalls,�home pages, mirrors,�monitors, and mouse.�here will it take me?�To college? To a computer job?�This brand-new language�has new words for all my new dreams.
In chapter 21 (p. 93) Minni writes:
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tunic (p. 68) | generosity (p. 68) | astonishment (p. 71) |
clumsy (p. 72) | paneer (p. 75) | swarm (p. 81) |
flourish (p.82) | scholarship (p. 85) | gliding (p.90) |
algorithm (p. 93) | pride (p. 96) | rigid (p. 97) |
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Week 3 : October 17-23, 2022 : Chapters 17-23
Hi teachers, check out the speaker notes for some ideas and resources to support vocabulary activities.
WEEK 3
Here is a visual glossary created grade 6/7 class at South Shore School, REgina Beach, Saskatchewan, Canada
WEEK 4
Theme:
Week 4: Oct. 245th – 30th: Chapters 23 – 31
Teacher Resources:
Student Notebook (weekly reflection questions, vocabulary, Minni’s poem/journal analysis questions and activities)
Choice Board for Week 4 created by @Melissa_Roth and her assessment tool (Ontario based curriculum expectations)
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Theme:
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The stream of water sputters,�spits, gasps.�The water trickles,�brown, muddy,�drip, drip, drip, drip,�drip, drip, drip,�drip, drip,�drip.�The bucket is three-quarters empty.�The marigold garland draped around the tap is withered.�It doesn’t matter.�I’m already late.�The water can take all day now.�What is going to become of me?
In chapter 27 (p. 114) Minni writes:
Reflection Questions:
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Vocabulary
brilliant (p. 104) | distributes (p. 105) | gaze (p. 111) |
hesitantly (p. 111) | intimidating (p. 112) | circumstances (p. 112) |
membles (p. 113) | disruption (p. 113) | sympathy (p. 113) |
sputters (p. 114) | municipality (p. 115) | crumpled (p. 117) |
mercifully (p. 118) | trembling (p. 120) | threatens (p. 120) |
fatigue (p. 120) | lurches (p. 122) | paces (p. 125) |
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Week 4 : October 24-30, 2022: Chapters 23-31
Hi teachers, check out the speaker notes for some ideas and resources to support vocabulary activities.
WEEK 4
Here is a visual glossary created by 5B, Horsham, Victoria, Australia
WEEK 5
Theme:
Week 5: Oct. 31st – Nov. 6th: Chapters 32 - 37
Teacher Resources:
Student Notebook (weekly reflection questions, vocabulary, Minni’s poem/journal analysis questions and activities)
Choice Board for Week 5 created by @Melissa_Roth and her assessment tool (Ontario based curriculum expectations)
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They say numbers don’t lie.�Ma dropped out of school in 5th grade,�Baba left school in the 6th,�Naan Aunty had to stay home after 4th.�Latika stayed home after 6th.�Numbers, they say, don’t lie.�But do they always add up?�Did all these people really drop out?�Or were they pushed?�Did Life give them any choice?�Numbers, they say, don’t lie.�But do they tell the story?
In chapter 33 (p. 132-133) Minni writes:
Reflection Questions:
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Vocabulary
assure (p. 127) | fumble (p. 127) | drastic (p. 129) |
hypnotized (p. 136) | splintered (p. 136) | glimpse (p. 137) |
pounces (p. 141) | suspicion (p. 144) | anonymously (p. 144) |
commentator (p. 149) | | |
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Week 5 : October 31 - November 6, 2022: Chapters 32-37
Hi teachers, check out the speaker notes for some ideas and resources to support vocabulary activities.
Here is a visual glossary created by the KOA class at WCS
WEEK 6
Theme:
Week 6: Nov. 7th – 13th: Chapters 38 – end
Teacher Resources:
Student Notebook (weekly reflection questions, vocabulary, Minni’s poem/journal analysis questions and activities)
Choice Board for Week 6 created by @Melissa_Roth and her assessment tool (Ontario based curriculum expectations)
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WEEK 6
Theme:
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
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WEEK 6
Reflection Questions:
Prompts:�
Class activity:
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Minni’s Poems
Theme:
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Shanti tells me water has many names �in many languages.�Water, paani, eau,�H2O, rain, jal, �maa, agua, nero,�neer, vatten, voda,�and others that I don’t know.�But I do know water is life.�It flows, falls, rolls, collects, storms, and drips.�Like life, it is always changing.�But at this moment it feels like my glass is full �and I am thankful.
In chapter 40 (p. 161 - 162) Minni writes:
Reflection Questions:
ENGAGE
EXTEND
REFLECT
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Vocabulary
precious (p. 153) | accused (p. 155) | faintly (p. 156) |
giddy (p. 158) | contaminated (p. 160) | aroma (p. 163) |
accompany (p. 164) | murmur (p. 164) | craning (p. 165) |
jubilant (p. 167) | entails (p. 175) | |
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Week 6 : November 7-13, 2022: Chapters 38-end
Hi teachers, check out the speaker notes for some ideas and resources to support vocabulary activities.
Here is a visual glossary created by the KOA class at WCS
Twitter Slow Chat
Grab a sticky note and write your answers on our class “twitter board”
Twitter Slow Chat
Grab a sticky note and write your answers on our class “twitter board”
Twitter Slow Chat
Grab a sticky note and write your answers on our class “twitter board”
Twitter Slow Chat
Grab a sticky note and write your answers on our class “twitter board”
Grab a sticky note and write your answers on our class “twitter board”
Twitter Slow Chat
Grab a sticky note and write your answers on our class “twitter board”
Grab a sticky note and write your answers on our class “twitter board”
Culminating Task
For your final, “Thirst” assessment you will be playing a new and revised game of the classic game, Tic Tac Toe. This is a choice board with many options.
Your job is to choose 3 activities in a row (any direction) to BEST demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the novel. Be sure to reflect on the choices and choose the activities you know will best highlight your learning style and strengths as a learner.
Remember to use the provided rubric notes to ensure your assignment is completed to the best of your ability based on the success criteria.
Please enjoy and share
I used my student notebook from last year (The Barren Grounds) to update for this year’s #GRAThirst
This is the STUDENT COPY for this year.
If you have recommendations for updates or inclusions, or errors, feel free to reach out:
@MsAmandaLong on Twitter or amanda.long@ddsb.ca
You can see some other things I’ve compiled or created on my linktree
I started this in July 2022 to prepare and share for free with educators. I welcome feedback and please, if you make copies to make edits for your own use, leave credit to me as original creator. Thank-you!
This activity and more are in the free teacher guide I have created for #GRAThirst - ENJOY!
Compiled by @MsAmandaLong
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