Name: ______________________ Class: A  B  C  #___
Scaffolded Guide for the selection All Summer in A Day (pages 17-26)

  1. The outstanding feature of this story's setting is that it takes place on Venus where it is constantly ______________ and the _______ only comes out _____________________________.
  2. The children are very excited at the start of the story because ________ __________________________________________________________
  3. The thing which only Margot remembers is that she is the only kid who had ever seen the _____.
  4. While Margo was in the closet, the ________ came out and the other children went out and ____________________________________.
  5. The resolution of the story (when the characters' problems are resolved in one way or another) was that the children let ____________ out of the _________ and they felt _____________ of what they had done.
  6. From her behavior throughout the story, I can infer that when she is let out of the closet, that Margot likely ____________________________.  If I was her, I would respond by ___________________________________.
  7. CONFLICTS--> The main conflict between Margot and the other children is likely caused by ____________________________________.  I think she kept to herself because ________________________________________.
  8. CHARACTERS -->  I think that the other children locked Margot in the closet when they knew how much the sun means to her because _____________ ____________________________________________________________.
  9. SETTING--> The setting of this story is important to the plot because _____ ________________________________________________________.
  10. I think that the title of the story means that the ____________________ _______________________________________________________.  I think that the title is / is not a good one because ___________________________ _______________________________________________,