1. All Summer in a Day - plot continued
September 19, 2014
All Summer in a Day - plot continued
Homework:
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Objective:
I can evaluate characterization and plot development in a story.
Warm Up (in your composition book)
Get your library book from your locker!
Take out a clean sheet of paper. Put your first and last name, block and date (9/19/14) in the upper right hand corner. On the top line write the title STORY ELEMENTS QUIZ. Skip the line directly under this and then number 1-10 without skipping any lines. I won't count off for spelling, just spell it as best as you can.

2. 4
#1-6 label the parts of the plot map below 3 5 2 6 1
7. Conflict can be categorized into these two major categories
8. The time and place of a story is known as the _____________.
9. The people, animals or creatures that take part in the action of a story are known as __________________.
10. The series of events in a story is known as the ____________.

3. the plot map

4. the plot map
exposition

5. the plot map
central conflict
exposition

6. the plot map
climax
rising action
central conflict
exposition

7. falling action rising action exposition climax central conflict
the plot map
climax
falling action
rising action
central conflict
exposition

8. falling action rising action resolution exposition climax
the plot map
climax
falling action
rising action
central conflict
resolution
exposition

9. Turn in your Literature book to pg. 68
All Summer in a Day

10. On a clean sheet of paper, draw a characterization chart on one side and on the other draw a blank plot map. We will be filling these in as we go through the short story All Summer in a Day (pgs )

11. METHOD OF CHARACTERIZATION
LINE(S) FROM THE STORY
Physical appearance (Margot)
Character's thoughts, actions and speech (Margot)
Other character's reactions (Margot's classmates)
Narrator's direct comments (about Margot)

12. METHOD OF CHARACTERIZATION
LINE(S) FROM THE STORY
Physical appearance (Margot)
She was a very frail 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.
Character's thoughts, actions and speech (Margot)
Other character's reactions (Margot's classmates)
Narrator's direct comments (about Margot)

13. METHOD OF CHARACTERIZATION
LINE(S) FROM THE STORY
Physical appearance (Margot)
She was a very frail 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.
Character's thoughts, actions and speech (Margot)
They say, they know...the sun...
Margot doesn't play with the other kids
She doesn't sing the songs, unless they are about the sun
Margot didn't want to take a shower because it's too much like the rain outside
Other character's reactions (Margot's classmates)
Narrator's direct comments (about Margot)

14. METHOD OF CHARACTERIZATION
LINE(S) FROM THE STORY
Physical appearance (Margot)
She was a very frail 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.
Character's thoughts, actions and speech (Margot)
They say, they know...the sun...
Margot doesn't play with the other kids
She doesn't sing the songs, unless they are about the sun
Margot didn't want to take a shower because it's too much like the rain outside
Other character's reactions (Margot's classmates)
The other kids are jealous because they don't remember the sun, but she does
They locked her in the closet
Narrator's direct comments (about Margot)

15. METHOD OF CHARACTERIZATION
LINE(S) FROM THE STORY
Physical appearance (Margot)
She was a very frail 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.
Character's thoughts, actions and speech (Margot)
They say, they know...the sun...
Margot doesn't play with the other kids
She doesn't sing the songs, unless they are about the sun
Margot didn't want to take a shower because it's too much like the rain outside
Other character's reactions (Margot's classmates)
The other kids are jealous because they don't remember the sun, be she does
They locked her in the closet
Narrator's direct comments (about Margot)
She was an old photograph, dusted from an album, whitened away and if she spoke at all her voice was a ghost.

16. All Summer in a Day plot diagram
Venus, in the future, in the classroom in an underground school. Margot is with the other kids in her classroom.

17. All Summer in a Day plot diagram
The kids are jealous of Margot bc she is different.
She was not born on Venus, but moved there when
she was 4.
Venus, in the future, in the classroom in an underground school. Margot is with the other kids in her classroom.

18. All Summer in a Day plot diagram
William starts teasing Margot
The kids are jealous of Margot bc she is different.
She was not born on Venus, but moved there when
she was 4.
Venus, in the future, in the classroom in an underground school. Margot is with the other kids in her classroom.

19. All Summer in a Day plot diagram
The kids lock Margot in the closet
William starts teasing Margot
The kids are jealous of Margot bc she is different.
She was not born on Venus, but moved there when
she was 4.
Venus, in the future, in the classroom in an underground school. Margot is with the other kids in her classroom.

20. All Summer in a Day plot diagram
The rain starts to slacken
The kids lock Margot in the closet
William starts teasing Margot
The kids are jealous of Margot bc she is different.
She was not born on Venus, but moved there when
she was 4.
Venus, in the future, in the classroom in an underground school. Margot is with the other kids in her classroom.

21. All Summer in a Day plot diagram
the sun comes out
The rain starts to slacken
The kids lock Margot in the closet
William starts teasing Margot
The kids are jealous of Margot bc she is different.
She was not born on Venus, but moved there when
she was 4.
Venus, in the future, in the classroom in an underground school. Margot is with the other kids in her classroom.

22. All Summer in a Day plot diagram
the sun comes out
The rain starts to slacken
the rain begins to fall again
The kids lock Margot in the closet
William starts teasing Margot
The kids are jealous of Margot bc she is different.
She was not born on Venus, but moved there when
she was 4.
Venus, in the future, in the classroom in an underground school. Margot is with the other kids in her classroom.

23. All Summer in a Day plot diagram
the sun comes out
The rain starts to slacken
the rain begins to fall again
The kids lock Margot in the closet
they remember that Margot is still in the closet
William starts teasing Margot
The kids are jealous of Margot bc she is different.
She was not born on Venus, but moved there when
she was 4.
Venus, in the future, in the classroom in an underground school. Margot is with the other kids in her classroom.

24. All Summer in a Day plot diagram
the sun comes out
The rain starts to slacken
the rain begins to fall again
The kids lock Margot in the closet
they remember that Margot is still in the closet
William starts teasing Margot
The kids are jealous of Margot bc she is different.
She was not born on Venus, but moved there when
she was 4.
they let Margot out of the closet
Venus, in the future, in the classroom in an underground school. Margot is with the other kids in her classroom.

25. So now...a little quiz!

26. 1. The children are looking through the windows because...
A) people in rockets will be flying near
B) the constant rainfall is so unusual
C) they are waiting for the sun to come out
D) scientists are outside performing experiments

27. 2. Which phrase best describes the setting at the beginning of the story?
A) an underground city on Venus
B) an experimental city on Earth
C) a rocket ship near Venus
D) a stormy jungle on Earth

28. 3. Margot is different from the other children because she...
A) grows bored while waiting for the teacher
B) believes the rain will continue forever
C) speaks a different language that they do
D) remembers what the sun looks and feels like

29. 4. Which statement best explains how the rainy setting affects Margot?
A) She is pale, silent and thin.
B) She likes to hide from everyone.
C) Rain improves her poetry writing.
D) Her classmates are her only comfort.

30. 5. You can infer that the children feel ashamed when they come back inside because they...
A) are startled when they hear thunder
B) look down at their feet and hands
C) close the door on the falling rain
D) have red faces from being out in the sun