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

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5A

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

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 is one reason that the children treat Margot badly?

• She stays away from the jungle.
• She locks children in closets.
• She writes stories about weather.
• She might get to go back to Earth soon. 

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.2

When the sun comes out, the children

• think it looks like a lemon
• stay in the classroom and hide.
• run and play outside, in the jungle. 
• cry and wait for the rain to return. 

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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

• are very tired from playing in the sun.
• feel guilty about locking Margot in a closet. 
• are sad to return to the classroom. 
• are upset to be all wet from the rain.

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CCSS.RL.6.1