All Summer in a Day - Comprehension check

What are the children waiting for as the story begins?

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

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

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. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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

Where did Margot move from? 

• North Dakota
• Minnesota
• Ohio
• Earth

How does William show his disrespect for Margot?

• He doesn't let her play tag with the other kids
• He runs away from her and leaves her behind in the tunnel
• He shoves her and tells her the sun is not going to shine
• He won't listen while she reads her poem

The setting of the story is

• a space station on the moon

• a lonely place on Earth

• the planet Venus

• a planet in a distant galaxy

Which point of view is this story told from?

• first person
• second person
• third person omniscient (all knowing)
• third person limited

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How many years has it rained for? 

• Six
• Seven
• Eight

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.B.4

What happened to Margot? 

• The kids locked her in a closet. 
• She went outside with the other kids. 
• She was trapped outside in the rain. 

Why didn't the other kids like Margot? 

• She was from Earth and had seen the sun more than them. 
• She bullied them. 
• She lied to them about the sun.