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All Summer In A Day by Ray Bradbury

PLEASE DO NOW
1. Imagine you have a pen pal on enu! "ho i! abou# #o !ee #he !un $or #he very
$ir!# #ime. %ri#e a le##er #o your pen pal #ha# in&lude! a# lea!# two sensory
details #o de!&ribe #he "arm#h and ligh# o$ #he !un and give! a# lea!# three
suggestions $or $un !unny day a&#ivi#ie!.
'rade paper! "i#h a par#ner. Read. (ir&le #he #"o !en!ory de#ail!) and number #he
#hree !ugge!#ion! in your par#ner*! le##er.
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DURING YOUR READING
Remember #o re!#a#e par# o$ #he +ue!#ion and #o "ri#e in &omple#e !en#en&e!. Be
!ure #o proo$read your an!"er! and be prepared #o !hare.
1. ,or ho" long ha! i# been raining-
.. /n "ha# plane# are #he &hildren living-
0. ,or "ha# have #he &hildren been "ai#ing-
1. 2o" do #he &hildren $eel abou# #he "ea#her on enu!-
3. 2o" do #he o#her &hildren #rea# 4argo#- %hy do you !uppo!e #ha# i!-
5. %ha# &ruel #hing do #he o#her &hildren do #o 4argo#-
6. De!&ribe ho" #he &hildren a&# "hen #hey !ee #he !un &ome ou#.
7. 2o" do #he &hildren rea&# "hen #hey reali8e #ha# #hey have $orgo##en abou#
4argo#-
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9. %hy do you !uppo!e 4argo# "a! !ilen# "hen !he "a! le# ou# o$ #he &lo!e#-
AFER YOU READ
Only !uestion "# needs to $e answered using a %o&'lete senten%e(
1. %ha# are #"o #hing! #he au#hor migh# have "i!hed #o #ea&h #he audien&e
#hrough #hi! !#ory-
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b. __________________________________________________
.. 2o" doe! #he !e##ing o$ #he !#ory a$$e&# #he even#! #ha# o&&ur in #he plo#-
0. :o ba&; over #he !#ory and pi&; ou# 0 "ord! or phra!e! "here Bradbury u!ed
!en!ory de#ail! #o bring #he !e##ing #o li$e.
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b. __________________________________________________
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1. Read #he A!#ronomy (onne&#ion on page 1<5. =i!# #hree $a&#! abou# enu! #ha#
!&ien#i!#! di!&overed year! a$#er Bradbury "ro#e #hi! !#ory.
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b. __________________________________________________
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YPE )REE WRIING
*hoose one o+ the state&ents listed $elow( In a 'aragra'h, agree or disagree with the
state&ent and 'ro-ide at least three di++erent reasons to logi%ally su''ort your answer(
he weather has an e++e%t on 'eo'le.s &oods(
Peo'le should resist +ollowing others /ust to +it in(
It is wrong to hurt so&eone si&'ly $e%ause he or she is di++erent(
F*A 01 a &ini&u& o+ 0 'aragra'h with a to'i% 2 %on%luding senten%e that restate the 'ro&'t
F*A #1 in%ludes 3 di++erent reasons that are introdu%ed with transition words
F*A 31 reasons are logi%al, %on-in%ing and well e4'lained
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Do Now, Please
Before Reading: This Time of Year, Dark Side Fills Life in
Alaska
f !o" #o"ld li$e an!where in %he world, where wo"ld i% &e and wh!'
(ri%e a% leas% ) lines and "se #om*le%e sen%en#es+
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Read %he fa#%s lis%ed &elow a&o"% li$ing in %he s%a%e of Alaska+ (ha%
do !o" imagine i% wo"ld &e like %o li$e %here' ,ow migh% !o"r
a#%i$i%ies #hange d"ring %he di-eren% seasons' ,ow migh% %he
wea%her a-e#% !o" *h!si#all! and.or emo%ionall!' (ri%e a% leas% /
lines in #om*le%e sen%en#es+
Alaska0s Nor%hern Ar#%i# 1one: Temperatures usually remain below the
freezing point for most of the year, with daily maximums reaching higher
than 32 an a!erage of 11" days per year# reezing temperatures ha!e
been obser!ed e!ery month of the year# ebruary is generally the coldest
month# $arch temperatures are warmer than those obser!ed in the other
winter months, and in %pril, temperatures begin a general upward trend# $ay
is a de&nite transitional period, and 'uly is the warmest month of the year#
(uring late 'uly or early %ugust, the %rctic )cean usually becomes ice*free
for the summer# +igh readings of ," or abo!e ha!e occurred on rare
occasions#
The end of the short summer is reached in -eptember# .y /o!ember, about
half of the daily mean temperatures are either zero or below# Than0s to a
modifying e1ect of the ocean, the long %rctic night temperatures of the
immediate coastal areas do not drop to the extreme low readings reached in
the %las0an interior# -now co!ers the ground about eight months of the year,
and usually falls e!ery month of the year# or .arrow * the most northerly
&rst*order station operated by the /ational 2eather -er!ice * e!ery year the
sun dips below the horizon at 1234" p#m# on /o!ember 15 and is not seen
again until 11341 a#m# on 'anuary 24# rom the 24th on, the amount of
daylight increases by more than 6 minutes per day# .y 13"7 a#m# on $ay 1",
daylight has increased to 24 hours per day# The sun remains !isible from that
time until %ugust 2, when it begins to set again for 1 hour and 24 minutes#
The decrease in hours of daylight is as rapid as the increase# or all other
areas in this zone, the sun remains below the horizon from late /o!ember
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until mid*'anuary, and continuous daylight runs from the middle of $ay
through the end of 'uly#
8-ource3 http399alas0atre00er#com9temperatures#htm:
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AFT2R R2ADN3 the article, please list at least three e1ects the weather
has on the inhabitants of %las0a#
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ST4RY 25A6PL2 4F
F37RAT82
LAN37A323 ;opy it
exactly using <uotation
mar0s = cite the page
number#
D2NTFY 9
25PLAN the type of
&gurati!e language
being used3 simile,
metaphor,
personi&cation, or
hyperbole#
25PLAN the
example in your
words3 2hy does the
author use this
comparison,
personi&cation or
exaggeration>
DS:7SS how this
example of &gurati!e
language helps the
reader to imagine the
setting of the story
more clearly#
?.ut then they always
awo0e to the tatting
drum, the endless
sha0ing down of clear
bead nec0laces upon
the roof, the wal0, the
gardens, the forests,
and their dreams were
gone@ 8.radbury A:#
There are two
metaphors in this
passage3
The rain is directly
compared to a
?tatting drum#@
The rain is directly
compared to a clear
bead nec0lace#
;omparing the rain
to a drum
emphasizes its
beating soundB
comparing it to the
sha0ing of bead
nec0laces also
stresses how it is
endless and
e!erywhere li0e their
roofs, wal0s, gardens
and more#
These metaphors help
the reader imagine the
ne!er*ending sound the
rain ma0es and shows
the reader that the rain
and its noise is
inescapable and
tormenting#
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n a well;organi<ed *aragra*h, e=*lain how Ra! Brad&"r!0s "se of
>g"ra%i$e lang"age hel*s %he reader %o "nders%and %he se%%ing in his
s%or! All S"mmer in a Da!+ Be s"re %o "se a% leas% %hree s*e#i>#
e=am*les from %he s%or!+
As !o" wri%e, &e s"re %o do %he following:
C Destate the prompt as your topic and concluding sentence
C Ese transitions to introduce each example#
C Fro!ide at least three text examples of &gurati!e language 8these must be direct <uotes from
the story:B be sure to identify what type it is and explain it in your own words#
C %fter each example, be sure to explain how the &gurati!e language helps the reader to