Are you looking for a middle school short story reading comprehension unit that focuses on the character and setting of a story and includes short story task cards? The “All Summer In A Day” by Ray Bradbury short story and comprehension questions BUNDLE includes reading comprehension activities for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade ELA classes to teach main idea, summary, theme, characterization, and more. It is designed to help your middle school ELA students think critically and dive deeper into Ray Bradbury’s classic dystopian science fiction tale.
Each lesson is scaffolded and contains tools to help meet the diverse needs of all learners. There is also a creative writing project that requires students to write a new narrative that begins with Margot walking out of the closet door.
You will also receive 36 PRINT and DIGITAL task cards that can be used during the short story unit or as an alternate end-of-unit assessment. These CCSS-aligned task cards are PERFECT for offering student choice, adding differentiation, and collaborative student activities.
❤️ Why You’ll Love This Resource:
✅ Saves You Time with Quick and Easy Prep
✅ Scaffolded Lessons to Meet the Needs of All Learners
✅ Teacher Models and Answer Keys
✅ Anchor Charts for Main Idea, Theme, Inferences, and Characterization
✅ Clear Student Directions and Criteria
✅ Strategies and Activities for Student Collaboration
✋ What Standards and Skills Are Addressed?
• Citing Text Evidence
• Context Clues
• Making Predictions
• Main Idea and Supporting Details
• Objective Summary
• Theme
• Inferences
• Elements of Plot
• Characterization
• and MORE!
✍ What’s Included:
➀ “All Summer in A Day” Probable Passage
➙ ➙ “The original template for Probable Passage is from When Kids Can’t Read/What Teachers Can Do by Kylene Beers. You can read more about this strategy on pages 87 – 95 of that book, which is available in e-format at http://www.heinemann.com/products/EBK03025.aspx.”
➁ “All Summer in A Day” Close Reading Activity
– Differentiated Vocabulary Activity
– Anticipation Guide and Four Corners Activity
– First Read: Main Idea, Supporting Details, and Objective Summary
– Second Read: Comprehension Questions with a Double Entry Journal
– Third Read: Characterization
-3 Writing Responses
➂ “All Summer in A Day” Assessment
– 8 Multiple Choice Questions
– 2 Extended Response Questions (Students select one to answer)
– Extended Response Rubric
➃ “All Summer in A Day” Narrative Writing Task
– Task #1- Prewriting: Four Square Organizer
– Task #2- Rough Draft
– Task #3- Self and Peer Assessment
– Task #4- Final Draft
– “All Summer in A Day” Narrative Writing Reference Sheet
– Narrative Writing Rubric
– Strong and Weak Writing Samples
➄ BONUS: “All Summer in Day” Choice Board Activity
-Early Finisher Activity
-4 Task
– Task Handouts
➅ “All Summer in A Day” Lesson Presentation (+75 Slides)
-Editable slides
➆ Teacher Models and Answer Keys
– Provided for all activities
➇ Teacher Guide
-Lesson Breakdown
-Daily Lesson Structures
-Activity Tips and Suggestions
-Modification and Differentiation Ideas
-Annotated Teacher Text
➈ Anchor Charts
– Main Idea, Supporting Details, and Objective Summary
– Theme
– Characterization
– Inferences
➉ “All Summer in A Day” by Ray Bradbury Task Cards:
☞ Task #1- Author’s Purpose
☞ Task #2- Central Idea
☞ Task #3- Theme
☞ Task #4- Characterization
☞ Task #5- Point of View
☞ Task #6- Time Period
☞ Task #7- Real Life Influences
☞ Task #8- Figurative Language
☞ Task #9- Conflict/Resolution
☞ Task #10- Setting
☞ Task #11- Theme & Development
☞ Task #12- Painting a Picture
☞ Task #13- Plot
☞ Task #14- Objective Summary
☞ Task #15- Compare and Contrast
☞ Task #16- Context Clues
☞ Task #17- Movie Poster
☞ Task #18- Be A Critic
☞ Task #19- Picture It
☞ Task #20- Interview the Author
☞ Task #21- Interview a Character
☞ Task #22- Comic Book
☞ Task #23- Instagram
☞ Task #24- Facebook
☞ Task #25- Twitter Feed
☞ Task #26- Trading Places
☞ Task #27- Likes/Dislikes
☞ Task #28- Rewrite
☞ Task #29- Prequel
☞ Task #30- Sequel
☞ Task #31- Diary of a Character
☞ Task #32- Cover Artist
☞ Task #33- Dear Abby
☞ Task #34- Music to My Ears
☞ Task #35- Morning Announcements
☞ Task #36- Word Cloud Collage
What Other Teachers Are Saying About This Resource:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Sarah H. says, “I loved this resource. It challenged my students and was rigorous enough for 9th graders as well. They enjoyed the task cards.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Kristen K. says, “I used this at the beginning of the year with my intervention classes. It was a great short story for them, and the activities were super detailed and great to start the year off with for setting expectations of work.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Mary Courtney H. says, “I loved this resource. Very thorough and it developed skills while challenging the students.”
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