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Citing Evidence
Interactions AND Point-of-View
Vocabulary in Context
Inference
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100
What are the living conditions like for the people on the planet Venus?
What is NON-STOP RAIN, WET, DARK, SAD, DEPRESSING, INDOORS?
100
How did the fact that it rained every day for 7 years straight affect the children in the story?
What is IT MADE THEM ANTSY, JEALOUS OF SEEING THE SUN, AND AGGRESSIVE WHEN IT CAME TO OTHERS WHO WERE DIFFERENT OR STRANGE?
100
What does "frail" mean here: "She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair".
What is WEAK, SICK, THIN, PALE, WASHED-OUT, DELICATE?
100
What you need from the text in order to make an inference?
What is EVIDENCE/FACTS/CLUES?
100
What is the name of the school Harry Potter attended?
What is HOGWARTS?
200
How are William and Margot different in the story?
What is WILLIAM IS AN AGGRESSIVE BULLY, AND MARGOT IS A QUIET SHY GIRL WHO GETS BULLIED BY OTHERS?
200
How did William's leadership affect the other children?
What is HIS AGGRESSION AND BULLYING ATTITUDE MADE THE OTHER CHILDREN DO THINGS THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE DONE OTHERWISE?
200
What does the word "vital" mean here: "There was talk that her father and mother were taking her back to Earth next year; it seemed vital to her that they do so, though it would mean the loss of thousands of dollars to her family. And so, the children hated her for all these reasons of big and little consequence."
What is IMPORTANT, CRITICAL, MEANINGFUL, NECESSARY, URGENT?
200
What evidence from the text might be used to justify the idea that William and the other children deserve to be punished?
What is 1.) THE FACT THAT THEY VIOLENTLY SHOVED HER INTO THE CLOSET, 2.) THE FACT THAT THE SUN ONLY COMES OUT EVER 7 YEARS, 3.) THE FACT THAT THEY GOT TO ENJOY SOMETHING AND MARGOT DID NOT?
200
Which country is home to the Kangaroo?
What is AUSTRALIA?
300
Why do the children decide to put Margot in the closet, and what does she miss as a result?
What is SHE IS DIFFERENT THEN THEM, THEY ARE JEALOUS SHE HAS SEEN THE SUN, AND SHE DOESN'T GET TO GOT OUTSIDE WHEN THE RAIN STOPPED FOR 1 HOUR?
300
The author describes the jungle surrounding the village as a "nest of octopi". How does this affect the readers opinion of this place?
What is IT MAKES READERS THINK OF IT AS A WILD, UNTAMED, SCARY, AND DARK SORT OF PLACE?
300
What does the word "surged" mean here: "They surged about her, caught her up and bore her, protesting, and then pleading, and then crying, back into a tunnel, a room, a closet, where they slammed and locked the door."
What is GUSH, GRAB, CLIMB, GROW, RISE, ATTACK, CROWD?
300
What evidence from the text might be used to justify the idea that William and the other children DO NOT deserve to be punished?
What is 1.) THEY RUSHED TO LET HER OUT AT THE END, 2.) THEY SEEMED GUILTY AND ASHAMED OF THEIR ACTIONS?
300
The example of man vs. society.
What is MARGOT VS. HER CLASSMATES. THEY ALL HELP SHOVE HER IN THE CLOSET AND LEAVE HER THERE.
400
What is the most likely theme the story "All Summer in a Day"?
What is JEALOUSY CAN DESTROY A COMMUNITY AND HURT OURSELVES AND OTHER PEOPLE?
400
How does William's point-of-view change or develop from the beginning of the story to the end?
What is AT THE BEGINNING HE IS VERY AGGRESSIVE AND BULLYING TOWARDS MARGOT, BUT AT THE END HE FEELS GUILTY AND ASHAMED FOR HIS ACTIONS?
400
What does the word "tumultuously" mean here: "They stopped running and stood in the great jungle that covered Venus, that grew and never stopped growing, tumultuously, even as you watched it."
What is RECKLESS, WITHOUT-END, CRAZY, REGARDLESSLY, HEEDLESSLY?
400
The previous knowledge from your brain is also known as _________.
What is SCHEMA?
400
The example of man vs. nature in the story.
What is CONSTANT RAIN- THE CHARACTERS CANNOT GO OUTSIDE OR SEE THE SUN BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAIN.
500
What is good evidence from the story to prove the theme that JEALOUSY CAN DESTROY?
What is 1.) THE CHILDREN FEEL GUILTY THAT THEY LEFT MARGOT IN THE CLOSET, 2.) THE CHILDREN RUSH BACK INSIDE TO SAVE/HELP MARGOT
500
How does the fact that the story ends on a "cliff-hanger" affect readers of the story?
What is 1.) IT CREATES THE POSSIBILITY FOR MANY POSSIBLE THEMES BECAUSE IT ISN'T DIRECTLY STATED, 2.) IT CREATES A SAD TONE BECAUSE MARGOT DOES NOT RECEIVE JUSTICE, 3.) IT CREATES MYSTERY BECAUSE WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CHILDREN?
500
What does the word "savored" mean here: "they put their hands up to that yellowness and that amazing blueness and they breathed of the fresh, fresh air and listened and listened to the silence which suspended them in a blessed sea of no sound and no motion. They looked at everything and savored everything."
What is APPRECIATE, ENJOY, LIKED, THANKFUL, EXPERIENCE?
500
Finish the example: I walk through the day of my home at 7:00PM. My dog is whining and jumping towards his food bowl. I can infer that _____________.
What is MY DOG IS HUNGRY AND WANTS TO EAT?
500
The example of man vs. man in the story is.....
What is MARGOT vs. WILLIAM BECAUSE HE IS MEAN AND CRUEL TO HER.