LAC 28:CLXIX.1301. Reading Literature

A. Cite relevant evidence from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences. B. 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. C. Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text. D. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings. E. Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem. F. Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described. G. Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or aesthetics of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem). H. Compare and contrast stories in the same genre on their approaches to similar themes and topics. I. 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.