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Thursday 4 April 2019

All summer in a day- Ray Bradbury

Here is a link to the story my class read together, and here are some questions and answers.
STORY LINK

Find 3 words you don't know the definition to, look them up and write the definitions in your words.
tumultuously, Apparatus & tremors.

Tumultuous- When an unintentional noise happens and you have many ideas on what could've made that sound, or just a loud noise like applause.

Apparatus- Any machinery or equipment needed for a project or to create a structure of some sort.

Tremors- Shaking of some sort, or small shakes for example- Mini earthquakes.

Discuss the Exposition of the story -- what are the characters, setting, and mood?
Margot, students, William and the teacher.
The setting- On Venus
The dark, gloomy and dreary.

List and label one metaphor, one simile, and one example of sensory language from the story.
Metaphor- "The children lay out laughing on the jungle mattress"
Simile- "The sun is a flower, that blooms for just one hour".
Sensory language- {They were taking off their jackets letting the sun burn their arms}

List and label an example of show not tell from the story.
"It was the colour of flaming bronze and it was very large" - The sun
"The sky was a blazing blue tile colour". - The sky colour description





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