Standards

Jimmy Gets a Tan

Standards 3-5

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., Jimmy’s internal monologue about "fitting in"). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2: Determine a theme of a story, including how characters respond to challenges (e.g., the theme of being true to oneself). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.B: Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.A: Interpret figurative language, including similes (e.g., "peeling off... like a snake") in context.

Standards 6-8

Common Core State Standards (Grades 6–8) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6-8.1: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6-8.3: Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6-8.6: Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.3.D: Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6-8.5.A: Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification, extended metaphors) in context. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6-8.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on topics, texts, and issues.

Jimmy and Tall Boy

Standards 3-5

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3: Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals or events in a story based on specific information in the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.6: Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.B: Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.A: Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.

Standards 6-8

Common Core State Standards (Grades 6–8) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6-8.1: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6-8.3: Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6-8.6: Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.3.D: Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6-8.5.A: Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification, extended metaphors) in context. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6-8.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on topics, texts, and issues.

Jimmy and Leonard

Standards 3-5

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3: Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals (e.g., Jimmy and Leonard) based on specific information in the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event, drawing on specific details (e.g., Leonard’s physical transformation and the classroom high-five). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.B: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue and description, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.A: Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., "face went hard, like a door slamming shut," "silence as the chalk").

Standards 6-8

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6-8.1: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6-8.3: Analyze how particular elements of a story interact (e.g., how the setting of 1970s Detroit shapes the social pressure on characters). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.3.B: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6-8.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on topics, texts, and issues.