SALVA'S & NYA'S WRITERS NOTEBOOK
1985-
At the start of the day I walked half an hour to school and I wasn't really paying attention. I guess I guess I could say I was daydreaming about home. Then all of a sudden I hear gunshots. I don't know where to go. What should I do. I want to go home.
- Suffix: Running
- Question: War was planned?
- 2 syllables: Ure/gent
- Mood: Some boys were crying and wanted to go home but couldn't. This made me sad.
- Connect: I can connect to the cover because I learned that if you carry something on your head it keeps you balanced better and it dosen't seem as heavy.
-Onomatopeia: "CRACK"
- Suspence: I felt suspense when the teach told them to go out of the classroom and run because what if when you ran out you got shot.
- Bush: What is it? The bush in Sudan is the forest.
- Cause of Conflict: The cause of conflict is because the government wanted them to be Muslim and believe in Islam.
- Choice: Compound Word > Gunshot
1985
Why would they just leave me? Now I'm here and I dont know where to go. This is all too confusing. They should have woke me up.
- I felt suspense when the guy put a gun to his chin. I thought he was going to shoot him, but all he did was look at his face so he could tell if he goes to children or men groups.
- Compound Word: Everyone
- Who are thr rebel soliders? The rebek soliders are soliders fighting against the government.
1985
They have left me and I dont know what to do. OHH look theres an old woman the scars on her forehead tell me that she is from my villiage.
- Mood: I felt sad when the old lady left him by himself at the barn.
- Comment: I commented to myself that Salva is brave and he can do this by himself.
- IMAGINED:
7 sounds
4 vowels
3 syllables
suffix > ed
- Suffix Word: Fighting
1985
We have got he bee hive down. Some guy got stung on his tounge by a bee and he really enjoyed the honey that he got.
I think that salva comes across his uncle.
<3-- As I read, I felt sad because salva missed his family.
X-- One conflict is that they got stung by bees.
CW-- BEESWAX
Prefix-- unchanged
1985
I went at the beginning of the day to get water and it was very tiring. When I got home I ate a little then I had to train my sister to do what I do.
<3 mood-- I felt sad because now nya's little sibbling that is only 5 years old has to walk hours and hours for seven months.
<==> Connection-- I can connect to when salva had to walk forever to find food.
Contraction-- was not (wasn,t)
STRAINED
-6 sounds
-ed- suffix
-1 syllable
1985
I hope my sister is ok and we can make it home or to the doctor. I wish I didnt have to do this so she wouldnt have got sick. I dont know what to do.
I predict that they will make it across the river.
An internal conflict in salva is nervousness because it is something inside of him.
An external conflict for nya's sister is she might die.
DANGEROUS
base word-- danger
vowels-- 4
sounds-- 7
syllables-- 3
1985
We have been riding in this conoe for a long time. I see an island with some food and nets. I wonder what they are for. Lastnight there were a million masquitoes. I have never seen so many.
I wonder why salva didn't help those guys that that needed water.
TRAVELERS
8 sounds
3 syllables
3 vowels
SICKNESS
6 sounds
2 syllables
Nya's mother was worried because her kid could die.
I feel sad because of what salva has to go through.
1985
What are they taking about? What about water? This is confusing. What is my uncle doing?
It was a sacrifice because then they wont have any waer for them.
I predict that they found more water.
By calling him by his full name and giving him small goals.
INTERUPTED
8 sounds
4 syllables
4 vowels
1985
I cant believe that these people just came and took everything from us but of course since I was a kid they didn't want my clothes. My uncle can't be with me!!!
"A worry growing like a long shadow"
SIMILE
I predict that people from different countries are coming to help them.
It was suspenseful because I didn't think they were gong to shoot him.
IMMEDIATELY
8 sounds
5 syllables
ly- suffix
Immediate
1985
We have arrived at the camp and it is crowded and hot. I see an orange headscraf, it could be my mother. I must run toward it to find out for sure. I musn't lose her.
- Suffix: Running
- Question: War was planned?
- 2 syllables: Ure/gent
- Mood: Some boys were crying and wanted to go home but couldn't. This made me sad.
- Connect: I can connect to the cover because I learned that if you carry something on your head it keeps you balanced better and it dosen't seem as heavy.
-Onomatopeia: "CRACK"
- Suspence: I felt suspense when the teach told them to go out of the classroom and run because what if when you ran out you got shot.
- Bush: What is it? The bush in Sudan is the forest.
- Cause of Conflict: The cause of conflict is because the government wanted them to be Muslim and believe in Islam.
- Choice: Compound Word > Gunshot
1985
Why would they just leave me? Now I'm here and I dont know where to go. This is all too confusing. They should have woke me up.
- I felt suspense when the guy put a gun to his chin. I thought he was going to shoot him, but all he did was look at his face so he could tell if he goes to children or men groups.
- Compound Word: Everyone
- Who are thr rebel soliders? The rebek soliders are soliders fighting against the government.
- I predict Salva will try to run to prtect himself from the government.
- I felt sad when one of the rebels hit a guy and he fell to the ground bleeding.
- Suffix: Considered
- A external conflict was that the government was creating war.
1985
They have left me and I dont know what to do. OHH look theres an old woman the scars on her forehead tell me that she is from my villiage.
- Mood: I felt sad when the old lady left him by himself at the barn.
- Comment: I commented to myself that Salva is brave and he can do this by himself.
- IMAGINED:
7 sounds
4 vowels
3 syllables
suffix > ed
- Suffix Word: Fighting
1985
We have got he bee hive down. Some guy got stung on his tounge by a bee and he really enjoyed the honey that he got.
I think that salva comes across his uncle.
<3-- As I read, I felt sad because salva missed his family.
X-- One conflict is that they got stung by bees.
CW-- BEESWAX
Prefix-- unchanged
1985
I went at the beginning of the day to get water and it was very tiring. When I got home I ate a little then I had to train my sister to do what I do.
<3 mood-- I felt sad because now nya's little sibbling that is only 5 years old has to walk hours and hours for seven months.
<==> Connection-- I can connect to when salva had to walk forever to find food.
Contraction-- was not (wasn,t)
STRAINED
-6 sounds
-ed- suffix
-1 syllable
1985
I hope my sister is ok and we can make it home or to the doctor. I wish I didnt have to do this so she wouldnt have got sick. I dont know what to do.
I predict that they will make it across the river.
An internal conflict in salva is nervousness because it is something inside of him.
An external conflict for nya's sister is she might die.
DANGEROUS
base word-- danger
vowels-- 4
sounds-- 7
syllables-- 3
1985
We have been riding in this conoe for a long time. I see an island with some food and nets. I wonder what they are for. Lastnight there were a million masquitoes. I have never seen so many.
I wonder why salva didn't help those guys that that needed water.
TRAVELERS
8 sounds
3 syllables
3 vowels
SICKNESS
6 sounds
2 syllables
Nya's mother was worried because her kid could die.
I feel sad because of what salva has to go through.
1985
What are they taking about? What about water? This is confusing. What is my uncle doing?
It was a sacrifice because then they wont have any waer for them.
I predict that they found more water.
By calling him by his full name and giving him small goals.
INTERUPTED
8 sounds
4 syllables
4 vowels
1985
I cant believe that these people just came and took everything from us but of course since I was a kid they didn't want my clothes. My uncle can't be with me!!!
"A worry growing like a long shadow"
SIMILE
I predict that people from different countries are coming to help them.
It was suspenseful because I didn't think they were gong to shoot him.
IMMEDIATELY
8 sounds
5 syllables
ly- suffix
Immediate
1985
We have arrived at the camp and it is crowded and hot. I see an orange headscraf, it could be my mother. I must run toward it to find out for sure. I musn't lose her.