ELA 4th Grade Literature

Description

• Describe the setting and analyze how it contributes to the story

• Describe how the events in the plot build on one another including how the conflict is created and resolved

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• Explain the major differences in structural elements between poetry, prose, and drama

• 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)

• Read regularly and independently in fourth-grade-appropriate texts for sustained periods of time, increasing speed, stamina, and comprehension