All Summer in a Day

Olivia B., Christian S., Iisha B. and Paul O.

Summary

In the story All Summer in a Day, the story is about a school of children who live on the planet Venus sometime in the future. The children have never seen the sun, except for one occasion several years ago. Although, there is one little girl named Margot who moved from Ohio on Earth when she was four so she remembers the sun. all of the children dislike Margot for this reason because she is different from them. The scientist on Venus predicted that on the day when this story takes place, the sun will come out for an hour, and the endless raining on the planet will cease while it is out. When the time is about to come for the sun to appear, one of Margot's classmates locks her in the closet because he is jealous that she remembers the sun and he does not. When the sun comes out all the children run outside to enjoy it while Margot is forgotten in the closet. When the hour is up and all the children go back inside they let Margot out of the closet.

Focus Question• What is the effect of relentless rain

and stormy weather on human behavior?

Exposition

• “It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum and the gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves.” –All Summer in a Day

Rising action

The rising action of the story All Summer in a Day is when Margot's classmates begin to gang up on her, succumbing to their jealously of her knowledge of the sun.

climax

The climax of the story All Summer in a Day is when Margot's fellow classmates all push her in the closet, and leave her while the sun is out.

Falling action

The rain starts to fall again and the children go inside

The sun is covered by a blanket of clouds, and will come out in the coming seven years.

Sorry Margot…..

Sci Fi Elements

The Sci Fi elements of the story are: They live on Venus They moved there from earth It rains all day every day for seven years They live underground The sun only comes out for one hour every seven years

Our story responses

• The story All Summer in a Day was interesting, but it was also a little depressing. The ending was also rather disappointing.

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