All Summer in a Day

All Summer in a Day

Multiple Choice

Look at the Title and Picture - What do you think this story will be about?

• Life with only one day of summer

• summer camp

• summer vacation

The children pressed to each other LIKE so many roses, so many weeds, intermixed peering out for a look at the hidden son.

this is a Simile - uses the work Like to describe

How do these words by the author create a feeling of anticipation? Why does the author create this tone?

Bradbury's description of the children as "roses" highlights their innocence

Bradbury also compares them to "weeds". This emphasizes their wild, unruly nature.

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But all the children, roses and weeds in this story, have one thing in common: what is it?

• They grow

• They are dying to see the sun

• they are weather

Multiple Choice

What planet do these children live on?

• Mars

• Jupitor

• Venus

Multiple Choice

How often does the sun come out on Venus?

• 1x every day

• 1x every week

• 1x every year

• 1x every 7 years

Metaphors used to describe the rain

• drum and gush of water

• sweet crystal fall of showers

• concussion of storm

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What do these metaphors tell us?

• that it is always noisy and always booming

• it occasionally rains

• The rain is calming a peaceful

On Venus the sun comes out 1x every 7 years - the children have never seen the the sun

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How old are the children in this story?

• 9 years old

• 16 years

• 18 years

One child had seen the sun before, and was very excited to see it again.

Multiple Choice

Who was the student that had seen the sun before?

• Alice

• Margot

• Jimmy

Multiple Choice

How old do you think Margot is?

• more than 9 years

• less than 7 years

Another Simile - The children remembered warmness LIKE a blushing in the face, arms and legs

Multiple Choice

This simile compares warmness to blushing - what does that mean?

• When you blush or get embarrassed your body feels hot

• the children got sunburned

• it was very warm in Venus

Multiple Choice

The sun was LIKE a lemon in the sky - Compares the sun to a lemon using the word "LIKE" This is a

• metaphor

• simile

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Margot writes "The sun is a flower", it blooms for just one hour - It compares the sun to a flower by saying it IS a flower - this form of comparison does not use LIKE or AS

• metaphor

• simile

More Metaphors & Similes

• They turned on themselves LIKE a feverish wheel - "LIKE" - simile

• Margo was an old photograph dusted from an album (NO LIKE or AS") -metaphor

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How is it that Margot had remembered what the sun looked like?

• She moved to Venus from Earth when she was 4

• She read a lot of books

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Why did the other children hate Margot?

• They were Jealous of her

• She was unfriendly

• She called them bad names

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Why were the children jealous of Margot?

• Because she was pretty

• Because she was rich

• Because she had seen the sun

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What did the other children do to Margot?

• invited her to a party

• locked her in a closet

Multiple Choice

Did the sun actually come out?

• yes

• no

The sun was the color of bronze and the sky around it was a blazing blue tile.

Multiple Choice

This is an example of a

• metaphor

• simile

Multiple Choice

The Children felt the sun on their cheeks LIKE a hot iron.

• Metaphor

• Simile

Multiple Choice

Did Margot get to see the sun?

• yes

• no

Open Ended

Did Margo get to see the sun? Why or Why not?

Multiple Choice

When will the children see the sun again?

• tomorrow

• in 3 years

• in 7 years

They stood, like someone had driven them with so many stakes into the floor.