Story Vocabulary
Review Vocabulary
Beginning
Middle
End
100
Shake
Tremor
100
(A). What term means conflict you feel on the inside? (B). Give one example of this type of conflict.
(A) internal Conflict (B) Answers will vary
100
What is the main character's name?
Margot
100
Why do you think William picks on Margot?
Possible answers: (A) He resents her for having memories of the sun. (B) She's an outsider (C) He is cruel (A weed!)
100
(A) Where does the teacher take the students at the end of the story? (B) What do they see when they are here?
(A) Outside (B) To see the sun (it is appearing after 7 years)
200
Delighted in; tasted or smelled
Savored
200
(A). What term means conflict you feel on the outside? (B). Give one example of this type of conflict.
(A) external conflict (B) Answers will vary
200
What was the setting of All Summer In A Day?
Venus (covered in forests, in the distant future)
200
Make a Venn diagram. (A) How is Margot like the other children (list 2 things)? (B) How is Margot different from the other children? (list at least 2 things)
(A) Margot is 9 years old and lives on Venus. (B) Margot is frail, won't join the games, and remembers the sun.
200
How did the children react to seeing the sun?
Possible Answers: Yelling in excitement, took off their jackets to get sun burned, laughing and laying to soak up the sun, they ran among the trees and slipped/fell, they pushed each other, they played hide-n-seek and tag, they squinted at the sun until tears ran down their face.
300
Springy
Resilient
300
(A) What does compare and contrast mean? (B) List one example of a tool we use to compare and contrast.
(A) Compare - Finding similarities and Contrast - Finding the difference (B) Venn diagram
300
What has not happened for 7 years?
No sunlight
300
Daily Double: What were the only types of songs Margot would sing in class?
Songs about the sun or summer
300
How long were the students able to see the sun outside?
2 hours
400
Swelled or pushed violently
Surged
400
What is cause and effect?
When one event causes another to happen. (Cause = Why and the Effect = What) **Example: A rainstorm can cause rivers to flood, flowers to grow, or a rainbow to appear.
400
What is one benefit we get from the sun and one drawback we get from the sun?
Answers May Vary: Benefit - Vitamin D and Drawback - Sunburn
400
Why did Margot refuse to shower in the school shower rooms?
Margot is so tired of the constant rain she can't stand the thought of getting showered with water. (This may be causing her to fear/hate water.)
400
Where was their school located?
Underground
500
Falling off; lessening
Slackening
500
(A) What is plot? (B) List the pieces of plot mountain in order starting from beginning to end.
(A) Series of events that make up a story, including the conflict and resolution. (B) Exposition (character/setting), Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution/Denouement
500
What genre is this story? (Think about what genre could mean taking place in the future on a different planet.)
Science Fiction
500
What do the students do to Margot before the teacher enters the classroom?
Lock her in the classroom closet
500
How did the students react when they realized they left Margot in the closet for the entire duration of the sun being out?
They felt guilty for being so cruel or fearful they'd be punished. They also felt they could relate more to Margot now that they've seen the sun. They might better understand why she feels the way she does.
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