Literature
Key Ideas and Details
Standard
Focus Skills
Description
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.3
Describe setting and analyze its contribution
Describe the setting and analyze how it contributes to the story
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.3
Describe how events in plot build on one another
Describe how the events in the plot build on one another including how the conflict is created and resolved
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1
Cite evidence about a literary text's meaning
Cite textual details and examples to support inferences and explanations about a literary text's meaning (e.g., conclude the poet thinks the tree leaves are pretty because she says the colors make her smile)
Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.6
Compare narrative points of view in stories
Explain the difference between first- and third-person narration (e.g., recognize whether or not the narrator is a character in the story), and compare and contrast the narrative points of view of different stories
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.4
Explain simple similes and metaphors
Explain the meanings of simple similes, metaphors, and uses of exaggeration (e.g., as bright as the sun, a ton of homework) in grade-appropriate texts
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.5
Contrast structure of poetry, prose, and drama
Explain the major differences in structural elements between poetry, prose, and drama
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.9
Compare how stories approach similar themes
Compare and contrast how stories, myths, and other traditional literature from various cultures approach similar themes and ideas and how different stories may employ archetypal patterns (e.g., discuss variations on the quest such as in Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin)
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RL.4.10
Read regularly and independently
Read regularly and independently in fourth-grade-appropriate texts for sustained periods of time, increasing speed, stamina, and comprehension