ELA+Common+Core


 * English Language Arts Standards » __Reading: Literature__ » Grade 5 **
 * Key Ideas and Details **
 * RL.5.1.  Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. **


 * 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. **


 * RL.5.3.  Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact). **


 * Craft and Structure **
 * RL.5.4.  Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes. **


 * RL.5.5.  Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem. **


 * RL.5.6.  Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described. **


 * Integration of Knowledge and Ideas **
 * <span style="color: #8a2003; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">RL.5.7. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem). **


 * <span style="color: #8a2003; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">RL.5.8. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> (Not applicable to literature) **


 * <span style="color: #8a2003; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">RL.5.9. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics. **


 * <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Range of Reading and Complexity of Text **
 * <span style="color: #8a2003; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">RL.5.10. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently. **

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