Name:______Date:______

ELA6: Argumentative WritingTeacher______

“All Summer in a Day”

A Short Story By: Ray Bradbury

Task: Does Margot, the protagonist in the short story All Summer in a Day, experience more of an external conflict or an internal conflict as a result of the setting?

  • Internal: Margot vs. Self
  • External: Margot vs. Students

Margot vs. Nature

Directions: Provide text-based evidence to support Margot is experiencing an internal conflict.

Internal Conflict
Margot vs. Self
Text-Based Evidence:
______
Text-Based Evidence:
______
Text-Based Evidence:
______
Text-Based Evidence:
______

Name:______Date:______

ELA6: Argumentative WritingTeacher______

“All Summer in a Day”

A Short Story By: Ray Bradbury

Task: Does Margot, the protagonist in the short story All Summer in a Day, experience more of an external conflict or an internal conflict as a result of the setting?

  • Internal: Margot vs. Self
  • External: Margot vs. Students

Margot vs. Nature

Directions: Provide text-based evidence to support Margot is experiencing an external conflict.

External Conflict
Margot vs. Other Students
Text-Based Evidence:
______
Text-Based Evidence:
______
Text-Based Evidence:
______
Text-Based Evidence:
______

Name:______Date:______

ELA6: Argumentative WritingTeacher______

“All Summer in a Day”

A Short Story By: Ray Bradbury

Task: Does Margot, the protagonist in the short story All Summer in a Day, experience more of an external conflict or an internal conflict as a result of the setting?

  • Internal: Margot vs. Self
  • External: Margot vs. Students

Margot vs. Nature

Directions: Provide text-based evidence to support Margot is experiencing an external conflict.

External Conflict
Margot vs. Nature
Text-Based Evidence:
______
Text-Based Evidence:
______
Text-Based Evidence:
______
Text-Based Evidence:
______

Name:______Date:______

ELA6: Argumentative WritingTeacher______

“All Summer in a Day”

A Short Story By: Ray Bradbury

Directions: Write an argumentative essay to explain what type of conflict Margot experiences in the story All Summer in a Day. Be sure to provide the following in each paragraph:

Introduction

  • T.A.G. (Title, Author, Genre)
  • Literary Terms (protagonist, antagonist, conflict, setting)
  • Claim (Choose one strong statement…this will be your thesis statement)

Body Paragraphs (two total)

  • Topic Sentence (reinforcing claim)
  • No personal pronouns
  • Inference
  • TBE (text based evidence) -at least one per body paragraph
  • Citation for TBE
  • Explanation/Connection
  • 3-5 Transition words
  • Appositive (use one)
  • Semi-colon (use one)
  • Proper Literary Terms

Conclusion

  • Restate claim
  • Make a connection (text to self/text to world)

Task: Does Margot, the protagonist in the short story All Summer in a Day, experience more of an external conflict or an internal conflict as a result of the setting?

Circle one of the following below:

  • Internal: Margot vs. Self
  • External: Margot vs. Student
  • External: Margot vs. Nature

Write your claim below:

Type of Conflict:
______
Claim:
______