Agenda
Which is worse: 1) to have something great for only one day, and never to have it again, or 2) never to have it at all?
All Summer in a Day
Homework
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Today we read the short story "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury. This is a great science-fiction story about a school on Venus, where it rains forever, without ever stopping, except that once every seven years the sun comes out for two hours, and then goes away.
I have to say that I was extremely proud of all my classes today. This is a more substantial story than we have read so far—it's longer and the writing is more advanced. But even in sixth period, on a Friday, when all the kids are almost desperate for the weekend to begin, everyone did a great job of reading when they were called on, and following along when someone else was reading.
