All Summer in A Day

What are the children waiting for as the story begins?

• a rainstorm
• the sun to shine
• early dismissal from school
• a snow storm

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

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

• The children live on Venus.
• Scientists study the sun. 
• It has been raining for 7 years. 
• Children dream of the sun. 

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

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

The setting of the story...

• could have been anywhere.
• contributes to the story's main conflict
• resolves the problem in the story.
• has nothing to do with the story's problem.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

One of the main ideas of the story is that...

• children learn by examples, not by the book.
• people who are different often suffer at the hands of others.
• life in the future will not necessarily be better.
• most people don't appreciate the simple things in life.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How does the setting affect the mood in the story?

• The future setting makes the mood happy and optimistic.
• The weather on Venus makes the mood dreary and gloomy.
• The sun makes the mood peaceful.
• The setting does not affect the mood.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The children lock Margot in the closet because...

• they want Margot to think only about the rain.
• they don't want Margot to know about the warmth of the sun.
• they are worried that Margot will get sunburned.
• they are jealous of Margot for remembering what the sun is like.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5