Standard(s):
[ELA2021] (3) 17 : 17. Use grade-level academic and domain-specific vocabulary in 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] (3) 34 : 34. Write informative or explanatory texts about a topic using sources, including an introduction, facts, relevant details with elaboration, and a conclusion.
[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] (4) 36 : 36. Write informative or explanatory text about a topic using sources, incorporating academic vocabulary, and including an introduction, facts, details with elaboration, and a conclusion.
[ELA2021] (5) 23 : 23. Determine and analyze themes of various culturally-diverse literary texts, supporting analysis with textual evidence.
a. Analyze common themes of diverse texts with support from textual evidence.
b. Summarize a story or drama, describing how the plot unfolds and how characters respond to challenges or change their thoughts and actions and citing textual evidence.
[ELA2021] (5) 35 : 35. Write informative or explanatory texts using multiple sources to examine a topic, conveying ideas and information clearly and incorporating a strong organizational structure, relevant details, and elaboration.