All Summer in a Day

What is the best evidence for Bradbury creating a gloomy/dreary mood in the story?

• "...the sweet crystal fall of showers..."

• "...and this was the schoolroom of the children of the rocket men and women..."

• "A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again."

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the following evidence suggest about Margot? "She was a very frail girl who looked like she had been lost in the rain for years..."

• Margot is pale and delicate

• Margot no longer wears lipstick

• Margot's eyes have no color

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Why don't the other students like Margot?

• Margot thinks she is better than the others

• Margot is very different from them

• Margot picks on William

Which detail shows the story takes place in the future?

• Margot lives on Venus

• Rain falls every day

• Children dream of the sun

Which statement shows how the rain affects Margot?

• Rain improves her poetry writing

• She likes to hide

• She is pale, silent, and thin

You can infer the children feel badly about their actions towards Margot because..

• close the door on the rain

• are startled when they hear thunder

• look down at their feet and hands

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

One reason the children treat Margot badly is because she...

• locks children in closets

• might get to return to Earth

• writes poetry about the rain

The children are looking through the window because...

• they are waiting for the sun to come out

• people in rockets will be flying near

• the constant rainfall

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

In the following sentence what does the word tumultuously probably mean? "They stopped running and stood in the great jungle that covered Venus that grew and never stopped growing tumultuously, even as you watched it."

• in an orderly way

• in a funny way

• in a crazy way

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

One of the main ideas of the story is that..

• people are mean to those who are different

• life in the future will be worse

• children learn best by books

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2