"A Long Walk To Water"
Start
Introduction
Welcome, explorers! Salva and Nya need your help on their current journey! Your mission: identify the correct type of word meaning (figurative, connotative, or technical) to unlock each clue. Solve all the clues to escape the desert before time runs out!💡 Use your notes and what you’ve learned from Chapters 1–11. Each clue you solve brings them closer to clean water.Click the "Let's Go" on your right to begin your challenge!
Let's go!
select mission
Southern Sudan
Nya and Salva
Rebels territory
coins
Dinka Tribe
Nya & Salva
You must correctly answer the various questions to find the only true door and advance in your mission.
Start
“The fierce heat sent up shimmering waves that made everything look wobbly.”
Technical
Connotative
Figurative Language
1/3
Great!
You chose the correct door
Next
1/3
“Home was only a memory now.”
Connotative
Teachnical
Figurative Language
2/3
Take it!
You chose the correct door
Next
2/3
“Salva’s mouth fell open as if he were a fish.”
Technical
Figurative Language
Connatative
3/3
Well done!
You have a pixel coin! Three more will be enough to buy your freedom
Continues
3/3
ERROR!
Ouch! What a headache.Try again.
Return
ERROR!
Ouch! What a headache.Try again.
Return
Error!
Ouch! What a headache.Try again.
Return
MISSION MAPS
Southern Sudan
NYa & Salva
Rebels Territory
coins
Dinka Tribe
Southern Sudan
Identify the correct type of word meaning (figurative, connotative, or technical) to unlock each password.
Start
"Refugee camp"
A. Connotative
Figurative Language
C. Technical
D. Simile
1/4
Well done!
You have jumped to the correct answer
Next
1/4
“The water tasted like hope.”
A. Figurative Language
B. Connotative
C. Figurative Language
D. Hyperbole
2/4
Yeah!
You have jumped on the correct answer
Next
2/4
“Dinka Tribe”
A. Technical
B. Figurative Language
C.Connotative
D. Personification
3/4
Got it!
You have jumped to the correct answer
Next
3/4
“The desert stretched out like a golden sea.”
A. Connotative
B. Technical
C. IDK
D. Figurative Language
4/4
WELL DONE!
You have earned one more pixel coin. You have two left to in order to get the map to a clean body of water
Continue
4/4
Error
Wow! It seems like the answer is incorrect.
Return
ERROR
Wow! It looks like the answer is incorrect.
Return
ERROR
Wow! It seems like the answer is incorrect.
Return
ERROR
Wow! It looks like the answer is incorrect.
Go back
Good!
You Escaped the Desert! Salva and Nya thank you for helping them understand word meanings on their journey. Take a deep breath, grab some water, and get ready to reflect: Exit Task: What did you learn about figurative, connotative, or technical word meanings that you didn’t know before?
Let's go!
YOU HAVE ESCAPED AND YOU ARE FREE!
Now you can enjoy the pleasant view of the lake at sunset
Start over
YOU ARE NOT READY YET You must complete the previous missions to continue
YOU ARE NOT READY YET You must complete the previous missions to continue
NOT YET READY You must complete the previous missions to continue
Be careful!
If you go back to the beginning, you will lose all progress and have to start over.
Continue
Exit
YOU ARE NOT READY YET You must complete the previous missions to continue
YOU ARE NOT READY YET You must complete the previous missions to continue
"A Long Walk To Water"
Trinity Hall
Created on October 27, 2025
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"A Long Walk To Water"
Start
Introduction
Welcome, explorers! Salva and Nya need your help on their current journey! Your mission: identify the correct type of word meaning (figurative, connotative, or technical) to unlock each clue. Solve all the clues to escape the desert before time runs out!💡 Use your notes and what you’ve learned from Chapters 1–11. Each clue you solve brings them closer to clean water.Click the "Let's Go" on your right to begin your challenge!
Let's go!
select mission
Southern Sudan
Nya and Salva
Rebels territory
coins
Dinka Tribe
Nya & Salva
You must correctly answer the various questions to find the only true door and advance in your mission.
Start
“The fierce heat sent up shimmering waves that made everything look wobbly.”
Technical
Connotative
Figurative Language
1/3
Great!
You chose the correct door
Next
1/3
“Home was only a memory now.”
Connotative
Teachnical
Figurative Language
2/3
Take it!
You chose the correct door
Next
2/3
“Salva’s mouth fell open as if he were a fish.”
Technical
Figurative Language
Connatative
3/3
Well done!
You have a pixel coin! Three more will be enough to buy your freedom
Continues
3/3
ERROR!
Ouch! What a headache.Try again.
Return
ERROR!
Ouch! What a headache.Try again.
Return
Error!
Ouch! What a headache.Try again.
Return
MISSION MAPS
Southern Sudan
NYa & Salva
Rebels Territory
coins
Dinka Tribe
Southern Sudan
Identify the correct type of word meaning (figurative, connotative, or technical) to unlock each password.
Start
"Refugee camp"
A. Connotative
Figurative Language
C. Technical
D. Simile
1/4
Well done!
You have jumped to the correct answer
Next
1/4
“The water tasted like hope.”
A. Figurative Language
B. Connotative
C. Figurative Language
D. Hyperbole
2/4
Yeah!
You have jumped on the correct answer
Next
2/4
“Dinka Tribe”
A. Technical
B. Figurative Language
C.Connotative
D. Personification
3/4
Got it!
You have jumped to the correct answer
Next
3/4
“The desert stretched out like a golden sea.”
A. Connotative
B. Technical
C. IDK
D. Figurative Language
4/4
WELL DONE!
You have earned one more pixel coin. You have two left to in order to get the map to a clean body of water
Continue
4/4
Error
Wow! It seems like the answer is incorrect.
Return
ERROR
Wow! It looks like the answer is incorrect.
Return
ERROR
Wow! It seems like the answer is incorrect.
Return
ERROR
Wow! It looks like the answer is incorrect.
Go back
Good!
You Escaped the Desert! Salva and Nya thank you for helping them understand word meanings on their journey. Take a deep breath, grab some water, and get ready to reflect: Exit Task: What did you learn about figurative, connotative, or technical word meanings that you didn’t know before?
Let's go!
YOU HAVE ESCAPED AND YOU ARE FREE!
Now you can enjoy the pleasant view of the lake at sunset
Start over
YOU ARE NOT READY YET You must complete the previous missions to continue
YOU ARE NOT READY YET You must complete the previous missions to continue
NOT YET READY You must complete the previous missions to continue
Be careful!
If you go back to the beginning, you will lose all progress and have to start over.
Continue
Exit
YOU ARE NOT READY YET You must complete the previous missions to continue
YOU ARE NOT READY YET You must complete the previous missions to continue