All Summer in a Day

What are the children waiting for as the story begins? 

• a rainstorm 
• the sunshine
• an early dismissal
• a science experiment

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which detail shows that the story takes place in the future? 

• Margot lives on Venus
• Scientists study the sun
• Rain falls for seven years
• Children dream about the sun

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CCSS.RL.6.1

One reason the children treat Margot badly is because she 

• stays away from the jungle
• locks children in closets
• writes poetry about the rain
• might get to return to Earth

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A

When the sun comes out, the children 

• compare it to a penny
• return to the classroom
• play in the pale jungle
• wait for the rainfall

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

You can infer from the children’s “solemn and pale” faces after they come in from the rain that they 

• feel tired from playing outside
• are ashamed of what they did to Margot
• must go back to their classroom
• are soaking wet from the rainstorm

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

The children are looking through the windows because 

• people in rockets will be flying near
• the constant rainfall is so unusual
• they are waiting for the sun to come out
• scientists are outside performing experiments

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which phrase best describes the setting at the beginning of the story? 

• an underground city on Venus
• an experimental city on Earth
• a rocket ship near venus
• a stormy jungle on Earth

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

Margot is different from the other children because she 

• grows bored while waiting for the teacher
• thinks that the rain will last forever
• speaks a different language than they do
• remembers what the sun looks and feels like

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Which statement best explains how the rainy setting affects Margot? 

• she is pale, silent and thin
• she likes to hide from everyone
• rain improves her poetry writing
• tunnels are her only comfort

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The planet Venus is named after the Roman goddess of the same name.  What virtues did the Roman goddess Venus symbolize?

• hope and charity
• strength and honor
• love and  beauty
• wisdom and honesty

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4