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 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.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

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

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.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

The word that best describes how Margot's classmates feel about her at the beginning of the story is-

• jealous
• friendly
• afraid
• frightened

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CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

You can infer that the children feel ashamed after they come back inside because they

• have blue faces from the light
• close the door on the falling rain
• look down at their feet and hands
• are startled when they hear the thunder

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which statement best explains how the rainy season affects Margot?

• She is pale, silent and thin.
• She likes to hide from everyone.
• Tunnels are her only comfort.
• Rain improves her poetry writing.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.W.6.9A