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G.4 – Reading Literature Standards Map

This text resource illustrates the Standards Map for the Grade 4 Reading Literature domain in the Common Core State Standards.

Standards

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

    Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    1 - Refer (To details)
    1 - Refer (To examples)
    2 - Explain (Text explicitly)
    2 - Draw (Inferences)
    1 - I can refer to details in a text when explaining.
    1 - I can refer to examples in a text when explaining.
    2 - I can explain what details and examples of text say explicitly
    2 - I can draw inferences from text
    A. Refer to details and clear examples when explaining text explicitly.
    B. Inferences refer to details and examples of statements believed to be true based on the texts.
    A.1 How do I explain text explicitly?
    B.1 How do I draw inferences?
  5. Common Core English Language Arts: G.4 > RL > A.1 > S.2

    Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    Summary
    2 - Determine (Theme of story, drama, poem)
    2 - Summarize (Text)
    2 - I can determine theme of a story, drama, or poem from details of the text.
    2 - I can summarize text.
    A. Theme is determined by summing up a reading in one word and stretching that into a lesson.
    B. Summarize by reading details and determining overall theme.
    A.1 How do I determine a theme of a story, drama or poem?
    B.1 How do I summarize a story, drama or poem?
  6. Common Core English Language Arts: G.4 > RL > A.1 > S.3

    Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    In depth Description
    2 - Describe (Character, setting, event)
    2 - Draw (On details)
    2 - I can describe in depth a character, setting or event in a story or drama.
    2 - I can draw on specific details (character's thoughts, words, actions) in the text.
    A. Specifics aid audience interpretion of characters' actions or traits in specific setting as intended by authors.
    B. Thoughts and words of a character often explain actions and motives and vice versa.
    A.1 How can specific details influence a character or setting?
    B.1 Why might considering character's thoughts help me understand a story?
  8. Common Core English Language Arts: G.4 > RL > A.2 > S.4

    Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    3 - Determine (Word meanings)
    3 - Determine (Phrase meanings)
    1 - Include (Allusions to mythology)
    3 - I can determine word meaning as used in text.
    3 - I can determine phrase meaning as used in text.
    1 - I can include allusions to mythology (e.g. Herculean).
    A. Knowledge of mythology helps in determining word or phrase meaning in texts, especially words with Greek, Roman and Nordic roots.
    A.1 Why do we study mythology?
  9. Common Core English Language Arts: G.4 > RL > A.2 > S.5

    Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text.

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    Explanation of differences
    2 - Explain (Differences)
    2 - Refer (To structural elements)
    2 - I can explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose.
    2 - I can refer to structural elements of poems and drama when writing or speaking.
    A. Poems, prose and drama differ in structural elements.
    B. Prose is ordinary spoken or written language, without metrical structure as in poetry.
    C. Drama is written for performance.
    A.1 How do I distinguish prose?
    B.1 How do I distinguish poems?
    C.1 How do I distinguish drama?
  10. Common Core English Language Arts: G.4 > RL > A.2 > S.6

    Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    6 - Compare (Point of view)
    6 - Contrast (Point of view)
    3 - Include (First-person, third-person)
    6 - I can compare point of view from different narrated stories.
    6 - I can contrast point of view from different narrated stories.
    A. First-person point of view in narratives is told by someone in the story, but third-person is told by an outsider.
    A.1 How do narratives differ?
  11. Common Core English Language Arts: G.4 > RL > A.3

    Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

  12. Common Core English Language Arts: G.4 > RL > A.3 > S.7

    Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    4 - Make (Connections)
    1 - Identify (Reflections of specific descriptions)
    1 - Identify (Directions)
    4 - I can make connections between text of a story or drama and visual or oral presentation of the text.
    1 - I can identify where each version reflects specific descriptions.
    1 - I can identify where each version reflects directions in the text.
    A. Stories or drama presentations should reflect descriptions and directions of the text.
    B. By following the text during a presentation, a person can judge how closely the presentation follows the text.
    A.1 How do textual presentations differ from visual or oral presentations?
    B.1 How do I recognize the variations in text and presentation descriptions and directions?
  14. Common Core English Language Arts: G.4 > RL > A.3 > S.9

    Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    6 - Compare and contrast (Themes/topics)
    6 - Compare and contrast (Patterns of events)
    6 - I can compare and contrast treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.
    6 - I can compare and contrast patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.
    A. Similar themes or patterns of events may appear in literature of different cultures; literature will reflect the values of the culture.
    A.1 How might stories, myths and traditional literature from different cultures differ or agree?
  15. Common Core English Language Arts: G.4 > RL > A.4

    Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

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

    By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4–5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    1 - Read (Literature)
    2 - Comprehend (Literature)
    1 - Include (Stories, dramas, poetry with scaffolding at high end of range)
    1 - I can read literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4 & 5 complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end range.
    2 - I can comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4-5 complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end range.
    A. Readers build on prior knowledge and internalize new ideas by guided questions and discussion.
    A.1 How can I understand more complex stories, dramas and poetry?

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