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English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 4
Strand - Reading Literature
Cluster - Key Ideas and Details
[RL.4.3] - 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).
- Character
Person who takes part in the action of a story or drama; may also be an animal or imaginary creature, especially in fables and early emergent reader texts. - Drama
Literature in the form of a script intended for performance before an audience; also called theatre or a play when written for the stage. A drama usually presents its story largely through the dialogue and actions of its characters. - Massachusetts Anchor Standards for Reading
- Narrative
Is designed to relate events or experiences; may be primarily imaginative, as in a short story or novel, or primarily factual, as in a newspaper account or a work of history. - Setting
Time and place of the action in a narrative, drama, or poem.
[RL.3.3] -
Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
[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).