G.5 – Reading Literature Standards Map

This text resource illustrates the Standards Map for the Grade 5 Reading Literature domain in the Common Core State Standards.

1. Common Core English Language Arts: G.5
   

   Grade 5

2. Common Core English Language Arts: G.5 > RL
   

   Reading Literature

3. Common Core English Language Arts: G.5 > RL > A.1
   

   Key Ideas and details

4. Common Core English Language Arts: G.5 > RL > A.1 > S.1
   

   Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

   Content	Skills	Learning Targets	Big Ideas	Essential Questions
   Quotes Textual Explanations Explicit statements Inferences	1 - Quote (Text) 2 - Explain (Text explicits) 3 - Draw (Inferences)	1 - I can accurately quote from a text. 2 - I can explain what the text says explicitly. 3 - I can draw inferences from the text.	A. Quoting can be done explicitly with exact statements or in inferences. B. Citing reputable works validates the information as factual and gives due credit.	A.1 How do I quote from a text? B.1 Why do we cite references?

5. Common Core English Language Arts: G.5 > RL > A.1 > S.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.

   Content	Skills	Learning Targets	Big Ideas	Essential Questions
   Theme Story Drama Poem Details Character response to challenges Speaker reflection on topic of poem Summary Text	3 - Determine (Theme) 3 - Include (Character response to challenge, speaker reflection in poem) 2 - Summarize (Text)	3 - I can determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text. 3 - I can include how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic. 2 - I can summarize the text.	A. Determining reading theme requires details regarding character challenges or author reflection.	A.1 Why do I pay attention to details while reading?

6. Common Core English Language Arts: G.5 > RL > A.1 > S.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).

   Content	Skills	Learning Targets	Big Ideas	Essential Questions
   Comparison and Contrast Two or more characters Settings Events	6 - Compare (Characters, settings, events) 6 - Contrast (Characters, settings, events) 3 - Draw (On details)	6 - I can compare two or more characters, settings or events in a story or drama. 6 - I can contrast two or more characters, settings or events in a story or drama. 3 - I can draw on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).	A. Comparison and contrast require specific details regarding characters, settings or vents. A. 2 Details may consist of character attitudes, struggles, backgrounds, time periods, historical events and attitudes of time periods.	A.1 How do I compare and contrast stories or dramas?

7. Common Core English Language Arts: G.5 > RL > A.2
   

   Craft and Structure

8. Common Core English Language Arts: G.5 > RL > A.2 > S.4
   

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

   Content	Skills	Learning Targets	Big Ideas	Essential Questions
   Meaning Words Phrases Context Figurative language Metaphors Similes	3 - Determine (Meaning) 3 - Include (Figurative language)	3 - I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text. 3 - I can include figurative language such as metaphors and similes.	A. Word use in a text may be figurative with different meaning. B. Writers identify and use figurative language and more vivid imagery to enrich writing.	A.1 Why are meanings sometimes not word for word? B.1 How can writers make writing more enjoyable for readers?

9. Common Core English Language Arts: G.5 > RL > A.2 > S.5
   

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

   Content	Skills	Learning Targets	Big Ideas	Essential Questions
   Fit Series of chapters Scenes Stanzas Overall Structure Story Drama Poem	2 - Explain (Fit)	2 - I can explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fit together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.	A. Chapters, scenes or stanzas fit together to provide overall structure of literature.	A.1 How do chapters, scenes or stanzas influence literature?

10. Common Core English Language Arts: G.5 > RL > A.2 > S.6
    

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

    Content	Skills	Learning Targets	Big Ideas	Essential Questions
    Point of view Narrator Speaker Influence Event description	2 - Describe (Point of view)	2 - I can describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.	A. Narrator or speaker point of view will influence descriptions of events.	A.1 Why might description differ from story to story?

11. Common Core English Language Arts: G.5 > RL > A.3
    

    Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

12. Common Core English Language Arts: G.5 > RL > A.3 > S.7
    

    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).

    Content	Skills	Learning Targets	Big Ideas	Essential Questions
    Elements Meaning Tone Beauty of Text Visual Multimedia	4 - Analyze (Visual element contribution) 4 - Analyze (Multimedia contribution)	4 - I can analyze how visual elements contribute to the meaning, tone or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem). 4 - I can analyze how multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).	A. Visual and multimedia elements contribute to meaning, tone or beauty of a text.	A.1 How do visual and multimedia elements contribute to a text?

13. Common Core English Language Arts: G.5 > RL > A.3 > S.8
    

    (Not applicable to literature)

14. Common Core English Language Arts: G.5 > RL > A.3 > S.9
    

    Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

    Content	Skills	Learning Targets	Big Ideas	Essential Questions
    Stories Genre Mysteries e.g. Adventure e.g. Themes Topics	6 - Compare and contrast (same genre stories)	6 - I can compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g. mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.	A. Themes and topics may vary amongst stories in the same genre.	A.1 How do stories of the same genre differ?

15. Common Core English Language Arts: G.5 > RL > A.4
    

    Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

16. Common Core English Language Arts: G.5 > RL > A.4 > S.10
    

    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.

    Content	Skills	Learning Targets	Big Ideas	Essential Questions
    Literature Stories Dramas Poetry High end of grades 4-5	1 - Read (Literature) 2 - Comprehend (Literature)	1 - I can, by the end of the year, read literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently. 2 - I can, by the end of the year, comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.	A. Fifth grade readers should read independently and proficiently.	A.1 How should I be reading by the end of the fifth grade?