Novel Study: A Long Walk to Water: Letter From Nya

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book with this thoughtful extension activity! Designed for seventh- and eighth-grade learners, this worksheet asks students to imagine they are Nya and it has been one year since the well was installed and the school was built in the village. Learners will write a letter—complete with two hand-drawn “photographs”—from Nya to Salva detailing the ways life is different now. Click “View answer key” to see a rubric for grading students’ letters and drawings. And for additional related resources, be sure to check out the full set of worksheets for A Long Walk to Water.