Making Full Circle Connections

7TH GRADE ONLY...
When making a connection you need to go FULL CIRCLE.  Remember that we always connect to themes or character feeling/motivation

Step 1:  What does the text remind you of?
The character Margot in "All Summer in a Day" reminds me of the main character in a children's book called "Weslandia"...

Step 2:  Why?
because in both books the main character feels alienated because of their differences.

Step 3:  How does this opinion show up in Text 1?
Margot spent her first four years on Earth and has strong memories of sunlight, which makes her different than her classmates who hate her for that fact.

Step 4:  How does this opinion show up in Text 2?
In Weslandia, the character is independent and likes to do things his own way.  This results in his classmates and family making fun of him and trying to make him "normal" like everyone else.

Step 5:  Bring it full circle...return to the original text.
The one difference is that the character in Weslandia is eventually accepted and revered for his difference.  Margot is ostracized and locked out of the excitement of seeing the sun.  This shows that the story "All Summer in a Day" is a story where people are cruel to others just because they are different.