Zero Hour

What does resilient mean?

• not flexible; hard
• flexible; springy
• a set of tools or instruments for a specific purpose
• in a wild or disorderly way

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does tumultuously mean?

• flexible; springy
• in a wild or disorderly way
• in a calm manner
• to take great pleasure in

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does savor mean?

• in a wild or disorderly way
• flexible; springy
• to hurry up
• to take great pleasure in

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which word means the same thing as immense?

• small
• huge
• wild
• regular

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which vocabulary word would best describe the rain lessening and slowing down?

• apparatus
• tumultuously
• resilient
• slacken

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

How long has it been raining on Venus?

• 6 years
• 7 years
• 8 years
• 11 years

All of the characters, including Margot, are experiencing an external conflict with the never-ending rain. What type of external conflict are they experiencing with the rain?

• character vs. character
• character vs. nature
• character vs. society

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The sun is a flower that blooms for just one hour," Margot wrote.
What type of literary device (figurative language) is being used in the quote above?

• simile
• metaphor
• idiom
• personification

The reader can infer that the children felt guilty about locking Margot in the closet because after the come in from the outside they

• are screaming and cheering
• look down at the hands and feet
• rush to the closet and frantically unlock the door
• buy Margot an ice cream cone

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What do you think the story suggests about advanced technology that might allow us to do things like live on Venus?

• The future is a perfect place.

• It would be really easy to live on Venus.

• It will never exist.

• It might make people miss out on the simple joys in life, like the sun.