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All Summer In A Day by Ray Bradbury

PLEASE DO NOW
Think about a time in which you had to make a choice that was difficult to
make regarding what everyone else was doing around you. What was the
basic situation? In what way was your decision difficult? What decision did
you make?

Share your situation with your desk partner. Did you make the right
decision? How did your decision impact you down the road?

DURING YOUR READING

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Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Be sure to proofread

your answers and be prepared to share.
1. For how long has it been raining?

2. On what planet are the children living?

3. For what have the children been waiting?

4. How do the children feel about the weather on Venus?

5. How do the other children treat Margot? Why do you suppose that is?

6. What cruel thing do the other children do to Margot? How did you feel
about this? What would YOU have done?

7. Describe how the children act when they see the sun come out. How is
this reaction interesting based on their previous actions?

8. How do the children react when they realize that they have forgotten
about Margot?

9. Why do you suppose Margot was silent when she was let out of the
closet?
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AFTER YOU READ

Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. What are two things the author might have wished to teach the audience
through this story?
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b. __________________________________________________
2. How does the setting of the story affect the events that occur in the plot?

3. Go back over the story and pick out 3 words or phrases where Bradbury
used sensory details to bring the setting to life.
a. __________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________

TEXXXI Writing
Choose one of the statements listed below. In a paragraph, agree or
disagree with the statement and provide at least three different
reasons to logically support your answer. Use evidence from the
text or from current situations to support your response. How does
it relate to All Summer in a Day?
People sometimes act in a certain way based the reactions of
others around them.
People are basically good but can have bad behaviors that they
later regret. That is human
nature.
It is often easy to do what everyone else is doing but difficult to
do what you believe to be
the right thing.
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Topic Sentence: Restating the prompt is the easiest way to do this.

Use the words of the prompt to form a topic sentence. It may seem like
cheating, but it isnt.

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(E): Explain by further developing your topic sentence and listing your 3
reasons or examples.

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X 3__________, (X3): Te t Evidence #3

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(I): Impact Statement: An impact statement is the So What? of your

paragraph. It asks for you to conclude the writing by pulling together the big
ideas and wrapping up the paragraph.

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