All Summer in a Day

What are the kids doing at the start of the story?

• They are looking out the window
• They are waiting for the teacher
• They are laughing at Margot
• They are sitting at their desks

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

What is the biggest difference between Margot and her classmates?

• She is a great poet and they aren't
• She doesn't have dreams and they do
• She remembers the sun and they don't
• They are older than her

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

How do we know the children disrespect Margot?

• They force her to shower
• They push her out the door
• They lose her in the tunnel
• They lock her in a closet

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Why doesn't the teacher check further when the students say everyone is there?

• She has no idea how many kids are in the class
• She doesn't want Margot to be able to see the sun
• She is excited to see the sun too
• She miscounted

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

What do the details of this passage say about the author's purpose? - The sun faded behind a stir of mist.  A wind blew cool around them.  They turned and started to walk back toward the underground house, their hands at their sides, their smiles vanishing away.

• He wants to inform
• He wants to persuade
• He wants to teach a lesson
• He wants to create a mood

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does the following passage convey to the reader? - A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again.

• Scientists came to Venus to study forests
• Timber is the main resource of Venus
• It has been raining for a very long time
• Rain on Venus is heavier than rain on Earth

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Why does Margot not want to shower or let the water touch her head?

• She throws tantrums until she gets her way
• She hates to shower in public
• The rain is driving her crazy
• She doesn't care about being dirty

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

Why do the kids answer yes when they are asked if everyone is there?

• They forget Margot isn't there
• They are scared to say what they did
• They don't think they have time to wait for Margot
• They don't want Margot to see the sun

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

What does the following passage tell us about Margot? - She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair.

• Margot's eyes don't have any color
• Margot doesn't wear lipstick anymore
• Margot is pale and delicate
• Margot hasn't been in from the rain in years

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

How does William show his disrespect for Margot?

• He doesn't let her play tag with the other kids
• He runs away from her and leaves her behind in the tunnel
• He shoves her and tells her the sun is not going to shine
• He won't listen while she reads her poem

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2