Module 2, Extreme Settings {All Summer in a Day}

Read this sentence from the passage.

"A boom of thunder startled them and like leaves before a new hurricane, they tumbled upon each other and ran."

What does the phrase like leaves before a new hurricane show about the children?

• They are running in different directions.

• They are gathering leaves in the wind.

• They are laughing and playing.

• They are waiting for each other.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.4

Based on what you read, how does the setting change in this passage, or excerpt from the text?

• It becomes cool and stormy.

• It becomes snowy and cold.

• It becomes bright and windy.

• It becomes warm and sunny.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

Which piece of evidence best supports the idea that the setting changes in this passage, or excerpt from the text?

• "The sun faded."

• "A stir of mist."

• "Vanishing away."

• "Darkened into midnight."

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

Based on what you read, which statement best summarizes the passage?

• The children excitedly prepare to go outside to play for recess.

• The children grow bored and return to their underground house.

• The children are sad and then scared by the change in the weather.

• The children are upset when nighttime comes and ends their fun.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

Read this sentence from the passage:

"Their faces were solemn and pale. They looked at their hands and feet, their faces down."

Based on what you read, what does the word solemn mean?

• Sleepy.

• Wet.

• Serious.

• Young.

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RL.4.4

Read this sentence from the passage:

"One of the girls said, 'Well...?'

No one moved."

Based on what you read, why did none of the children move?

• They do not believe Margot is locked in the closet.

• They are afraid to face Margot and what they did to her.

• They want their game of hide - and - seek to last longer.

• They do not think Margot deserves to be let out of the closet.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

Based on what you read, how do the children feel in this passage?

• Ashamed of their actions.

• Worried about the rain.

• Excited to see Margot.

• Proud of their classmates.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

Which detail from the passage best supports the idea that Margot's classmates are ashamed of themselves?

• "Then one of [the children] gave a little cry."

• "They glanced out at the world that was raining."

• "They could not meet each other's glances."

• "'Go on,' whispered the girl."

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

Which statement best describes how Margot's coming from Earth and previously seeing the sun impacted her classmates?

• This made many of her classmates like her because she was interesting.

• This made many of her classmates dislike her because they hadn't been to Earth.

• This made many of her classmates treat her differently because she had life experiences that they could not relate to or understand.

• This made many of her classmates distrust her because she was always telling false stories.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3

Good readers make inferences about what they read.

What can you infer was the author's purpose for creating a setting that has constant rain with only one hour of sun every seven years?

• This setting was intended to make the reader believe that the characters were sad and gloomy.

• This setting was intended to make the reader understand the importance of Margot missing the experience of the sun coming out and the rain stopping.

• This setting was intended to show the reader how important the sun is in our everyday lives.

• This setting was intended to show how resourceful the characters must be in order to survive this type of environment.

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CCSS.RL.4.1