English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.22c

Identify the central message, theme, or moral in a story, including myths, fables, and folktales, and explain the meaning conveyed in the passage.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Qualities of myths, fables, and folktales.
  • Many stories have a central message, theme, or moral.
  • A central message or moral is the lesson that is learned through the story or the one big idea of the story.
  • The central message, theme, or moral is conveyed through key details.

Skills

  • Identify the central message, theme, or moral of a story, including myths, fables, and folktales.
  • Explain the meaning of the central message, theme, or moral conveyed in the passage.

Understanding

  • Understanding the meaning of the central message, theme, or moral of a story will improve overall comprehension of the passage.
  • Myths, fables, and folktales are types of narrative stories that often include a moral.

Vocabulary

  • Central message
  • Theme
  • Moral
  • Myths
  • Fables
  • Folktales
  • Conveyed
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