All Summer in a Day

What does this sentence suggest?
"She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost."

• She is a ghost.
• She had her picture taken and placed in an album.
• She is frail.
• She is whispering secrets. 

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the biggest difference between Margot and her classmates?

• She is a great poet and they aren't
• She doesn't have dreams and they do
• She remembers the sun and they don't
• They are older than her

What does the following passage convey to the reader? - A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again.

• Scientists came to Venus to study forests
• Timber is the main resource of Venus
• It has been raining for a very long time
• Rain on Venus is heavier than rain on Earth

On page 1, how many years upon years has been raining for on the planet Venus?

• 8 years

• 7 years

• 9 years

• 4 years

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

On page 2, what is Margot comparing the sun to in her poem?

• A tree

• A plant

• A flower

• A light

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

On page 5, what did Margot do when she was put in the closet?

• Scream

• Throw herself against the door

• Sat silently

• Cried loudly

On page 8, what feeling did you get at the story? What evidence in the story proves this?

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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. 

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.