All Summer in a Day

What are the children waiting for as the story begins?

• a rainstorm

• early dismissal from school

• the sun to shine

• a snow storm

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

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

• Scientists study the sun.

• It has been raining for 7 years.

• The children live on Venus.

• Children dream of the sun.

What is one reason that the children treat Margot badly?

• She locks children in closets.

• She writes stories about weather.

• She stays away from the jungle.

• She might get to go back to Earth soon.

When the sun comes out, the children

• run and play outside, in the jungle.

• think it looks like a lemon

• stay in the classroom and hide.

• cry and wait for the rain to return.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

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 upset to be all wet from the rain

• o not want to take their math test

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which of the following is true of nine year-olds children who have spent all their lives on the planet Venus?

• The children are always cruel to those who don't fit in.

• The children have never heard a bird sing.

• The children grow up with no real memory of sunlight.

• The children speak a different language than English.

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

• jealous

• afraid

• friendly

• frightened

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The children move slowly and hesitate to see Margot at the end of the story because-

• they can't bear to see her pale face again.

• they know they will get in trouble now.

• they are worried that Margot may not be where they left her.

• they know they have done a cruel thing to her.

What conflict does the setting of this story create for Margot?

• There is never enough light for her to see.

• She is depressed and alone without the sun.

• She cannot live with her parents while she is on Venus

• She misses her old friends from Earth.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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