All Summer in a Day

What are the children waiting for as the story begins?

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

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

Which detail shows that the story takes place in the future?

• The children live on Venus.
• Scientists study the sun. 
• It has been raining for 7 years. 
• Children dream of the sun. 

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is one reason that the children treat Margot badly?

• She stays away from the jungle.
• She locks children in closets.
• She writes stories about weather.
• She might get to go back to Earth soon. 

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

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. 

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

You can infer from the children’s “solemn and pale” faces after they come in from the rain that they

• are very tired from playing in the sun.
• feel guilty about locking Margot in a closet. 
• are sad to return to the classroom. 
• are upset to be all wet from the rain.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

What does slacken mean? 

• put on
• slow down
• leave up
• catch up

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

An apparatus is a

• a device used for a certain purpose
• a drawing
• a container to store things in
• a plan for the future 

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Something that is immense is

• cloudy
• correct
• fluffy
• huge

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does tumultuously mean?

• wildly
• meanly
• difficulty
• softly

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Savor means to 

• stop fighting with
• steal something
• take pleasure in
• lock in a closet

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4