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.
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Important Vocabulary
Theme
Summary
Level 1 - Beginner
Identify summary from a list of choices
Identify theme from a list of choices
Level 2 - Developing
Determine theme word
Retell events in story
Level 3 - Proficiency
Determine one theme statement and explain how it applies to story
Use events and theme to summarize story
Level 4 - Advanced
Generate more than one possible theme
Develop argument to support one theme as the best fit for characters or events
Summary is free of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling mistakes
Summary distinguishes between most important and less important details
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