"All Summer in a Day"

In reading class, students have begun reading a new short story entitled "All Summer in a Day". It is a science fiction story set on the planet of Venus where it has not rained for seven years. Children await the moment that the sun will come out.

In the story, our main character, Margot, has lived on Earth unlike the other children; these other children ostracize her and bully her because she is different. She misses the sun coming out due to the fact that the children have locked her in the closet and have forgotten about her.

In the end, the children realize the mistake they have made in treating Margot in this manner. It is a story with an important message to our students.

Various activities my sixth graders will participate in while studying this story include creating a storyboard, comparing and contrasting the short story to the video clip, and completing a character analysis using Margot and her classmates.