Fiction Weekly Wrap-up

What is theme?

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Write the sentence that shows how Margot feels about the rain.

But then they always awoke to the tatting drum, the endless shaking down of clear bead necklaces upon the roof, the walk, the gardens, the forests, and their dreams were gone

WHAT TYPE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS USED?

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

But then they always awoke to the tatting drum, the endless shaking down of clear bead necklaces upon the roof, the walk, the gardens, the forests, and their dreams were gone

The author uses a metaphor in this sentence to show what?

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Margot stood apart from these children who could never remember a time when there wasn't rain and rain and rain.

The author includes this sentence from the story to show

• It never rains

• The children enjoy the rain

• It rains everyday

• Margot is the only child who remembers the rain

Which sentences show how the children feel about the sun?

Write them in the box!

In the excerpt, why does the author include information about a time the sun came out before?

The author helps the reader understand how it felt to be without the sun mainly by.....

What is the main conflict (problem) in this story?

What words in the sentence helps the reader understand the meaning of the word stunned?

• if there had been a day

• when the sun came out for a hour

• showed it's face

• they were all nine years old

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4