“All Summer in a Day” By Ray Bradbury

Please answer the following questions about setting in your readers/writers notebook (Be sure to write the date and title on each page)

1.What is your favorite place? Why?1.What is your favorite place? Why? 2. Describe a scary place. Why is it scary?2. Describe a scary place. Why is it scary? 3. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?3. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why? 4.Describe a place you would never want to go. Why?4.Describe a place you would never want to go. Why? 5. How would you feel if it rained every day for seven years? Explain your thinking.5. How would you feel if it rained every day for seven years? Explain your thinking. 1.What is your favorite place? Why?1.What is your favorite place? Why? 2. Describe a scary place. Why is it scary?2. Describe a scary place. Why is it scary? 3. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?3. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why? 4.Describe a place you would never want to go. Why?4.Describe a place you would never want to go. Why? 5. How would you feel if it rained every day for seven years? Explain your thinking.5. How would you feel if it rained every day for seven years? Explain your thinking.

“Venus is a volcanic hot spot” How many miles does Iduun span?How many miles does Iduun span? How would you describe Venus’s climate?How would you describe Venus’s climate? What place on Earth does the author compare Venus to? Why does he make this comparison?What place on Earth does the author compare Venus to? Why does he make this comparison? How many miles does Iduun span?How many miles does Iduun span? How would you describe Venus’s climate?How would you describe Venus’s climate? What place on Earth does the author compare Venus to? Why does he make this comparison?What place on Earth does the author compare Venus to? Why does he make this comparison?

Post-reading Discuss the following questions with your 12 o’clock partner, then answer them in your Reader’s/Writer’s notebook How does the setting of the story affect the events that occur?How does the setting of the story affect the events that occur? Why do the children reject Margot’s description of the sun?Why do the children reject Margot’s description of the sun? What lesson can you learn from how the children behave toward Margot?What lesson can you learn from how the children behave toward Margot? What lesson can you learn from how the children feel at the end of the story?What lesson can you learn from how the children feel at the end of the story? How does the setting of the story affect the events that occur?How does the setting of the story affect the events that occur? Why do the children reject Margot’s description of the sun?Why do the children reject Margot’s description of the sun? What lesson can you learn from how the children behave toward Margot?What lesson can you learn from how the children behave toward Margot? What lesson can you learn from how the children feel at the end of the story?What lesson can you learn from how the children feel at the end of the story?