Linda sue park biography summary graphic organizers

          This single-page worksheet (includes printable PDF and Google Drive versions) is a powerful research organizer that'll get students digging deep into Linda Sue....

          A Long Walk to Water tells the story of two children, Nya and Salva.

          Linda Sue Park

          Korean-American author (born 1960)

          Linda Sue Park (born March 25, 1960) is a Korean-American author who published her first novel, Seesaw Girl,[2] in 1999.

          She has written six children's novels and five picture books. Park's work achieved prominence when she received the prestigious 2002 Newbery Medal for her novel A Single Shard.[2] She has written the ninth book in The 39 Clues, Storm Warning,[2] published on May 25, 2010.

          Personal life

          Linda Sue Park was born on May 19 1960, in Urbana, Illinois, and was raised outside Chicago.[3] Linda Sue Park's parents immigrated to the United States in the 1950s, for their education.

          Born in Illinois and growing up there in the s and '70s, Park had very little experience with other Korean Americans or Korean culture.

        1. Help your students organize information and practice their literary skills with this pack of graphic organizers for the novel A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue.
        2. This single-page worksheet (includes printable PDF and Google Drive versions) is a powerful research organizer that'll get students digging deep into Linda Sue.
        3. In this activity, students will create a visual plot summary for A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, illustrating key moments in the novel.
        4. A Long Walk to Water is a New York Times bestseller based on the true story of Salva Dut, a refugee from Sudan, and his incredible journey to find his family.

          5. Park has been writing poetry and stories since the age of four. Park published her first poem when she was nine years old for Trailblazer magazine. Through elementary and high school, she continued to publish poems in magazines for children and young people.

          She published her first book in