Elements of a Short Story Application
All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury

Length
45 minutes

Objective
Review elements of a short story. Assess student's application of elements in age-level appropriate story.

Materials
Resources located in right hand column.

A copy of All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury

New Student set of Story Map

Reading Evidence Question on overhead, board, or handout

4-pt grading rubric for REQs

Lesson
Warm Up
Review. What are the elements of a short story?

Class Discussion
What might the title All Summer in a Day mean? Are there any elements we can hypothesize just from the title?

Work Period

1. Read All Summer in a Day. Depending on reading level of class - may choose to read aloud, round robin read, or read on own.
2. As story is read, students complete Story Map.
3. After reading review and discuss.
4. Reading Evidence Question (REQ) - What happened as a result of the classmates on Venus experiencing the sun when they go outside?
5. As students respond to REQ, teacher "on the spot"* grades based on a 4-pt. rubric.

* "on the spot" grading is when teacher walks around during work period and quickly reads over REQ answer at each student's desk. Grade given based on the 4-pt REQ scale.

Homework
After "on the spot" grading, revise your answer to the All Summer in a Day REQ to strive for the next level on the rubric.