Kinder/RL.K.2
With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
1st Grade/RL.1.2
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
2nd Grade/RL.2.2
Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
3rd Grade/RL.3.2
Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and mysths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
4th Grade/RL.4.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
5th Grade/RL.5.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
6th Grade/RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgements.
7th Grade/RL.7.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
8th Grade/RL.8.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.