1. STORY WRITTEN BY: RAY BRADBURY ©2011HappyEdugator

2. WHAT KIND OF STORY CAN YOU PREDICT THIS WILL BE FROM JUST THE TITLE AND THE PICTURES? IS IT GOING TO BE FUNNY OR SAD? Before You Read ©2011HappyEdugator

3. IS THE STORY FICTION OR NON-FICTION? Nonfiction True and real Based on fact Informs Persuades Facts often shown by charts, tables, and graphs Photos have captions Fiction Not real Based on fantasy Tells a story Entertains Has characters, setting, and plot Usually has a theme or message ©2011HappyEdugator

4. climax rising falling action action exposition resolution Plot diagram (fiction) ©2011HappyEdugator

5. What’s the Conflict in the story? The conflict is a problem or a struggle between two opposing forces. ©2011HappyEdugator

6. After You Read Discuss. Be able to explain your answer. What was the exposition of the story? What is the rising action? What is the climax? What is the falling action? What is the resolution? ©2011HappyEdugator

7. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE MARGOT IN THIS STORY? WHAT WOULD YOU FEEL LIKE? ©2011HappyEdugator

8. What part of the story did you like the most? Was it the characters or the descriptions? the lighting? Was it because the story was on Venus? ©2011HappyEdugator

9. DID YOU LIKE THIS STORY??? I liked the story how about you? I hated the story!!! ©2011HappyEdugator

10. Activity: Choose one of the following for your journal. 1. Your parents have just told you that you would all be moving to Mars because your father will be working there at the new space station. You can only take ten small items with you. What would you take to remind you of earth? Explain why each item is important. 2. It has been raining for the last two weeks and you have not been allowed to go outside to play. The power is out, so you have no video games. Explain what you would do during your waking hours. Tell about 4 activities you could do inside that would not only be fun, but productive as well. 3. You have arrived at a new school, and the kids are not very friendly to you. They do not understand that you are very homesick and tease you for being quiet and withdrawn. How would you react to their taunting? Explain what you could do to adjust to your new environment and start making friends again. ©2011HappyEdugator