Lesson 5.04
DIRECTIONS
Use complete sentences to respond to each question about your novel or short story.
When providing quotes from your text, include page numbers in parentheses, if you read a novel.
Example:
Describe the protagonist of your novel or short story.
The protagonist of my novel is a tough sixteen-year-old girl named Delaney, who is struggling to raise her little
sisters.
Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.
Although she was just sixteen years old, Delaney had spent much of them providing for her sisters. She displayed
the toughness––and weariness––of someone twice her age. (Page 16)
Title of novel or short story _____ “All Summer in a Day” ___________
Author _______Ray Bradbury __________________________
1. Identify the point of view in your novel or short story.
The point of view of this short story is third person omniscent.
Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.
“Then,
smiling, the turned and went out and back down the tunnel, just as the teacher arrived.”
(Bradbury 2)
“‘She’s still in the closet where we locked her.’
‘Margot.’
They stood as if someone had driven them, like so many stakes, into the floor. They looked at each
other and then looked away.” (Bradbury 4)
2. Discuss two examples of suspense or humor created by point of view in your novel or short story.
The first example of suspense is when the children first go out into the sun and play for the first time. The next example of
suspense is when the sun goes away again and the rain begins to fall again.
Provide a quotation from the text to support your answers.
“The sun came out.
It was the color of flaming bronze and it was very large. And the sky around it was a blazing blue tile
color. And the jungle burned with sunlight as the children, released from their spell, rushed out, yelling
into the springtime.” (Bradbury 3)
“A boom of thunder startled them and like leaves before a new hurricane, they tumbled upon each
other and ran. Lightning struck ten miles away, five miles away, a mile, a half mile. The sky darkened
into midnight in a flash.” (Bradbury 4)
3. Identify an example of dramatic irony in your novel or short story. If your story has not presented any examples of
dramatic irony, describe your own suggestion for adding dramatic irony to a scene from your novel or short story.
An example of dramatic irony in “All Summer in a Day” comes when the teacher asks the students if everyone
was present.
“‘Ready, children?’ She glanced at her watch.
‘Yes!’ said everyone.
‘Are we all here?’
‘Yes!’ The rain slacked still more. They crowded to the
huge door.” (Bradbury 3)
The reader knows that not everyone is present, but the school teacher does not know that Margot is locked
in the closet. This is an example of dramatic irony because while the children and the teacher are enjoying the
sun, we know that Margot is suffering in the closet.
GRADE yourself on THIS rubric! It is the SAME rubric your teachers will be using when they grade this
assignment for you.
5.04 Rubric
Task
Author/Title
Success Achieved
Close to Success
Points I
think I
Earned
5-3
2-0
5
____ I provided the title and author of my
novel/short story.
____ I did not provide the title and author
of my novel/short story.
10-6
Point of View
Point of View Text
Support
Suspense or
Humor
Suspense or
Humor Text
Support
Dramatic Irony
Description
Dramatic Irony
Text Support
Earned
Points
Grade
____ I clearly used complete sentences to
describe the point of view of my novel/short
story.
5-0
5-3
____ I clearly provided a quote and page
number from the text to support my description
of the point of view.
2-0
5-0
10
____ I partly used complete sentences to
describe two examples of suspense or
humor created by point of view in my
novel/short story.
5-3
2-0
____ I clearly provided a quote and page
number from the text to support my description
of two examples of suspense or humor.
____ I partly provided a quote and page
number from the text to support my
description of two examples of suspense or
humor.
10-6
5-0
____ I clearly used complete sentences to
discuss one example of dramatic irony in my
novel/short story or my own suggested use of
dramatic irony in the novel/short story.
5
____ I partly provided a quote and page
number from the text to support my
description of the point of view.
10-6
____ I clearly used complete sentences to
describe two examples of suspense or humor
created by point of view in my novel/short
story.
10
____ I partly used complete sentences to
describe the point of view of my
novel/short story.
5
10
____ I partly provided a quote and page
number from the text to support my
description of dramatic irony in the
novel/short story or my own suggested use
of dramatic irony in the novel/short story.
5-3
2-0
____ I clearly provided a quote and page
number from the text to support my description
of dramatic irony in the novel/short story or my
own suggested use of dramatic irony in the
novel/short story.
____ I partly provided a quote and page
number from the text to support my
description of dramatic irony in the
novel/short story or my own suggested use
of dramatic irony in the novel/short story.
______out of_ 50
5
50