Standard(s):
[ELA2021] (3) -5 : R1. Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.
[ELA2021] (3) 1 : 1. Contribute meaningful ideas to discussions with groups and peers utilizing agreed upon rules.
a. Elaborate on responses in conversations and discussions.
Examples: use precise, descriptive language; build upon previously expressed ideas
[ELA2021] (3) 18 : 18. Demonstrate content knowledge built during independent reading of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through writing.
[ELA2021] (3) 22 : 22. Describe literary elements within a story, including setting, plot, characters, and themes.
a. Describe in detail the characters' behavior, emotions, and traits and explain how their actions influence events in the story.
b. Explain how the characters' actions and dialogue contribute to the meaning of the story.
c. Identify the central message, theme, or moral in a story, including myths, fables, and folktales, and explain the meaning conveyed in the passage.
d. Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots from two texts.
[ELA2021] (4) -6 : R1. Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.
[ELA2021] (4) 14 : 14. Demonstrate comprehension of literary and informational text by utilizing its content when discussing or writing in response to the text.
[ELA2021] (4) 15 : 15. Analyze in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
a. Identify and explain attitudes and influences of multiple characters within a text.
b. Explain how the main character changes throughout the story, using explicit evidence from the text.
c. Make an inference about a character's behavior, the setting, and/or specific events, using explicit details from the story.
[ELA2021] (5) -6 : R1. Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.
[ELA2021] (5) 16 : 16. Demonstrate comprehension of varied literary and informational texts by utilizing its content when discussing or writing in response to the text.
[ELA2021] (5) 19 : 19. Interpret how authors use literary elements throughout a text, including character, setting, conflict, dialogue, and point of view.
[ELA2021] (6) -6 : R1. Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.
[ELA2021] (6) 3 : 3. Explain how authors use setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view to contribute to the meaning and purpose of prose and poetry, using textual evidence from the writing.