English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 2
Strand - Reading Literature
Cluster - Key Ideas and Details
[RL.2.2] - Retell stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
- Diverse
(1) Differing from one another, unlike (as in texts presenting diverse perspectives); (2) composed of distinct or unlike elements or qualities (as in a diverse population). - Fable
Short, simple narrative that teaches a lesson; usually includes as characters animals that talk and act like people. See Traditional literature. - Folktale
Short narrative handed down through oral tradition, with various tellers and groups modifying it so that it acquires cumulative authorship. Most folktales eventually move from oral to written form. See Traditional literature. - Main/central idea
Concept illustrated or position taken by a text as a whole, whether stated explicitly (as in a how-to guide explaining a process or an essay defending a thesis) or conveyed implicitly (as in a novel or collection of short stories illustrating a theme). - Massachusetts Anchor Standards for Reading
- Moral
Simple type of theme or lesson taught in a work such as a fable: for example, Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. - Retell
Relate a narrative again, sometimes in a different way.
[RL.2.8] -
(Not applicable. For expectations regarding central messages or lessons in stories, See Reading Literature Standard 2.)