Cluster: Key Ideas and Details.
Standard: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Degree of Alignment:
2 Strong
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Cluster: Range of Reading and Complexity of Text.
Standard: 10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Degree of Alignment:
2 Strong
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Resource contains: text passage. No lesson plan included. The text was extracted from a close reading exemplar from Student Achievement Partners site.
Alignment: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3 and RL.3.10.
Feedback: A classroom teacher can use this piece of text to extend student’s understanding of close reading. This passage can be used in a variety of ways to address other standards in the classroom. A few suggestions are to do a character analysis; use of vocabulary to establish the tone and/or mood; compare/contrast points of view between characters and self; write an opinion piece; make personal connections to the passage and write a narrative; or analyze word relationships and nuances in word meanings.