1. Heres the story: http://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr6/int_readers/u1_all_summer_day_air.pdf

2. Ray Bradbury, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and poet, was born August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. He graduated from a Los Angeles high school in 1938. Although his formal education ended there, he became a "student of life," selling newspapers on L.A. street corners from 1938 to 1942, spending his nights in the public library and his days at the typewriter. He became a full-time writer in 1943, and contributed numerous short stories to periodicals before publishing a collection of them, Dark Carnival, in 1947. 3. do you prefer sunny or rainy days? Say why Ask your partner to your right speak 2 minutes 4. Instruction: In silence, watch this short video: 5. Ask your partner to your left speak 2 minutes 6. Immense adjective Extremely large, huge The silence was so immense and unbelievable that you felt your ears had been stuffed or you had lost your hearing altogether. Question: If I have an immense belly does that mean Im thin or fat? Pronunciation: http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dicti onary/american/immense 7. Apparatus noun a device or set of equipment Instruction: Name a medical apparatus. http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dicti onary/american/apparatus 8. tumultuously adverb Wildly, violently, disorderly They stopped running and stood in the great jungle that covered Venus, that grew and never stopped growing, tumultuously, even as you watched it. Question: Where would I find a tumultuous crowd, at a rock concert or at the library? http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dicti onary/american/tumultuous#tumultuously 9. resilient adjective flexible and springy, quick to recover The children lay out, laughing, on the jungle mattress and heard it sigh and squeak under them, resilient and alive. Question: Which material is resilient, rubber or glass? Plastic or stone? http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dicti onary/american/resilient 10. savored verb To take great pleasure in, to enjoy They looked at everything and savored everything. Question: Which would you savor? An onion or an ice cream? A beautiful sunset or a bee sting? The smell of flowers or the smell of rotten eggs? http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dicti onary/american/savor 11. compounded verb Put together. Combined Thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dicti onary/american/compound_19 12. Stun verb to surprise or upset (someone) very much. Question: What would stun you, sitting down to dinner with your parents or sitting down to dinner with the president? A car accident or a red light? http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dicti onary/american/stun 13. savagely adverb Fiercely, in a violent manner Well, dont wait around here, cried the boy savagely. Question: can we play chess savagely? Can soccer be played savagely? http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dicti onary/american/savage 14. solemn adjective Very serious Their faces were solemn and pale. Instruction: show us your solemn face. http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dicti onary/american/solemn 15. http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dicti onary/american/slacken slackening verb To slow down, to become slower Now the rain was slackening, and the children were crushed in the great thick windows. Question: After running for two hours do I slacken the pace or pick up the pace? 16. Remember Raise your hand and wait for permission to speak. Listen to your friends. Speak English. Keep seated. 17. http://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/nsmedia/ebook_gr6/vocab_games/g6 _hangten/6_summer.html Instruction: Raise your hand to participate 18. Would you like to travel to Venus? How do you imagine your school there? What could you do to have fun there? 19. Open your book on page 18 Write the list Speak with your partner to your right for 2 minutes: How would your life change if any of these things disappeared? 20. On page 19 answer the questions 1 to 3. 21. Stand up and stretch. Wacth this short beautiful video: Active pause 22. On an index card write your name and the letter that corresponds to the correct answer: Instruction, graded activity: 23. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV-rzGx21rw 24. All summer in a day Final edited version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV-rzGx21rw 25. Graded activity: Write an email to Margot, Include: Some of the vocabulary seen here Good punctuation Accurate grammar And 100 words.