Standards - English Language Arts

Write familiar and unfamiliar multisyllabic, grade-level appropriate words accurately in context and in isolation.

Demonstrate fluency when independently reading, writing, and speaking in response to grade-level literary and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts.

Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, automaticity, appropriate prosody or expression, purpose, and understanding, self-correcting and rereading as necessary.

Write routinely and independently for varied amounts of time.

Orally present information and original ideas clearly.

Express ideas clearly and effectively to diverse partners or groups.

Pose and respond to explicit questions in ways that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.

Verbally summarize information read aloud or presented in diverse media and formats.

Report orally on a topic or text, sequencing ideas logically and supporting main ideas with appropriate facts and relevant details.

Speak clearly at an understandable rate.

Respond directly to specific information shared by others in classroom discussion, using facts to support the ideas being discussed.

Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from discussion.

Acquire and use grade-level vocabulary, clarifying the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases in text, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

Interpret the meaning of words, phrases, and patterns as they are used in texts, including domain-specific and academic vocabulary and figurative language.

Locate similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and idioms and interpret their meanings in context.

Explain the meanings of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.

Use the relationships between synonyms, antonyms, and homographs to increase understanding of word meanings.

Explain how an author’s vocabulary and style influence the tone and mood of a text and support his/her purpose for writing.

Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meanings of words.

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases.

Write using grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases accurately, including those that signal contrasting ideas, additional information, and other logical relationships.

Use grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases during presentations and discussion.

Demonstrate comprehension of varied literary and informational texts by utilizing its content when discussing or writing in response to the text.

Demonstrate comprehension of text by asking and responding to questions about literary elements used in the text.

Explain the relationships among events, people, or concepts in informational texts, supported by textual evidence.

Interpret how authors use literary elements throughout a text, including character, setting, conflict, dialogue, and point of view.

Explain how the author’s use of character types throughout a narrative helps drive its plot.

Compare and contrast characters, points of view, or events in two or more literary texts.

Determine the implied and/or explicit main idea in literary and informational texts.

Determine and analyze themes of various culturally-diverse literary texts, supporting analysis with textual evidence.

Analyze common themes of diverse texts with support from textual evidence.

Summarize a story or drama, describing how the plot unfolds and how characters respond to challenges or change their thoughts and actions and citing textual evidence.

Determine and evaluate the effectiveness of digital and print text features and structures, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, and cause and effect.

Identify various text features used in diverse forms of text.

Compare and contrast the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in multiple texts.