"All Summer in a Day" Setting Comparison: Earth and Venus

Activity Overview

In this exercise, students will use a T-Chart with description boxes to compare what they know of Earth to Ray Bradbury’s depiction of Venus in "All Summer in a Day".

On the left side of the chart, students should list attributes of Earth:

• what it might look like on any given day in the students’ home town
• what the view from the face of the Earth looking out into space might be
• where things are located on Earth (terrestrial vs. subterranean)

On the right side of the chart, students should list attributes of the fictional portrayal of Venus:

• what it might look like on any normal day (not including the two hour break in hurricanes)
• the view from the face of Venus, and
• where things are located on the colonized Venus.

Students should use quotes from the story to substantiate their answers.

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