This is a standards map for the concept of recognizing themes or central ideas of literary text. It is specific to Standard 2 of the Key Ideas and Details Anchor in the Writing standards of the CCSS ELA standards.
With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
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Key Details
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1 - Retell (Familiar stories)
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1 - I can retell familiar stories including key details with prompting and support.
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A. Retelling a story requires recognizing and retelling main happenings.
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A.1 How do I retell a story?
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Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
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Key Ideas and Details
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1 - Retell (Stories, including key details)
1 - Retell (Stories)
2 - Demonstrate (Understanding of the central message or lesson)
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1 - I can retell stories, including key details.
1 - I can retell stories.
2 - I can demonstrate understanding of the central message or lesson.
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A. Retelling stories requires key details and central message.
B. Questions might be asked to see if the audience understands my retelling.
C. By retelling stories, I demonstrate that I understood the central message or lesson.
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A.1 How do I retell stories?
B.1 How might I check for audience understanding of my retelling?
C.1 Why do I retell stories?
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Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
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1 - Recount (Stories)
2 - Determine (Central message)
2 - Determine (Lesson of a story)
2 - Determine (Moral of a story)
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1 - I can recount stories (including fables and folktales from diverse cultures).
2 - I can determine the central message of a story.
2 - I can determine the lesson of a story.
2 - I can determine the moral of a story.
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A. Retelling facts and details helps readers to know what happened in a story and to learn lessons about life.
B. Authors write from their point of view, which often reflects details of their culture
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A.1 Why do readers retell stories?
B.1 Why might stories vary from culture to culture?
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Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
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Determination
Explanation of conveyance
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1 - Recount (Stories)
3 - Determine (Central message, lesson, moral)
2 - Explain (Conveyance via key details)
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1 - I can recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures.
3 - I can determine the central message, lesson, or moral.
2 - I can explain how central message, lesson or moral are conveyed through key text details.
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A. Central messages, lessons and morals are conveyed through key text details, often reflecting aspects of culture.
B. Aspects of the culture are reflected in the thoughts, actions, feelings, decisions of the characters of stories.
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A.1 How are key messages conveyed or presented in different cultures ?
B.1 Why do stories vary from culture to culture?
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Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
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Summary
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2 - Determine (Theme of story, drama, poem)
2 - Summarize (Text)
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2 - I can determine theme of a story, drama, or poem from details of the text.
2 - I can summarize text.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Summary
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3 - Determine (Theme)
3 - Include (Character response to challenge, speaker reflection in poem)
2 - Summarize (Text)
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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.
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A. Determining reading theme requires details regarding character challenges or author reflection.
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A.1 Why do I pay attention to details while reading?
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Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
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Text
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3 - Determine (Theme or central idea)
3 - Determine (conveyance of Theme)
3 - Provide (Summary)
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3 - I can determine a theme or central idea of a text.
3 - I can determine how a theme is conveyed through particular details.
3 - I can provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
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A. Central ideas are presented through details and without opinions.
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A.1 How do I present a summary of the central idea?
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Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
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Text
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2 - Determine (Theme or central idea)
4 - Analyze (Theme development)
3 - Provide (Objective summary)
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2 - I can determine a theme or central idea of a text.
4 - I can analyze theme development over the course of the text.
3 - I can provide an objective summary of the text.
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A. Central ideas are developed throughout the course of a text by repetition, logical links, sequencing and supporting details.
B. Characters, setting and plot reflect the theme.
C. Theme is shaped and refined by actions, interactions and reactions of the characters.
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A.1 How do I determine a central idea of a text?
B.1 How are the characters, setting, and plot influenced by the theme?
C.1 How is theme developed over the course of a text?
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Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
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Text
Relationships
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2 - Determine (Theme or central idea)
4 - Analyze (Theme development over the course of the text)
2 - Include (Relationship to the characters)
2 - Include (Relationship to setting)
2 - Include (Relationship to plot)
3 - Provide (Objective summary)
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2 - I can determine a theme or central idea of a text.
4 - I can analyze theme development over the course of the text.
2 - I can include theme's relationship to the characters.
2 - I can include theme's relationship to the setting.
2 - I can include theme's relationship to the plot.
3 - I can provide an objective summary of the text.
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A. Characters, setting and plot reflect the theme.
B. Theme is shaped and refined by actions, interactions and reactions of the characters.
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A.1 How are the characters, setting, and plot influenced by the theme?
B.1 How is theme developed over the course of a text?
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Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
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2 - Determine (Theme or central idea)
4 - Analyze (Theme development in detail)
3 - Include (Emergence)
3 - Include (Shaping)
3 - Include (Refining by specific details)
3 - Provide (Objective summary)
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2 - I can determine a theme or central idea of a text.
4 - I can analyze in detail theme development over the course of the text.
3 - I can include how theme emerges.
3 - I can include how theme is shaped.
3 - I can include how theme is refined by specific details
3 - I can provide an objective summary of the text.
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A. Identifying the theme of the text enables the reader to objectively summarize and organize a response.
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A.1 Why does a reader look for a theme?
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Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
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2 - Determine (Themes or central ideas)
4 - Analyze (Theme development)
3 - Include (Interaction)
3 - Include (Building on one another to produce a complex account)
3 - Provide (Objective summary)
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2 - I can determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text.
4 - I can analyze theme development over the course of the text.
3 - I can include how themes interact.
3 - I can include how themes build on one another to produce a complex account.
3 - I can provide an objective summary of the text.
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A. Summarizing allows a reader to put all the theme pieces together to analyze development.
A. Breaking down the main ideas helps one see the interactions and the buildup of a text.
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A.1 Why do I summarize a text?
A.2 How do I recognize a complex account within a text?
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