English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.23b

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.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • A summary of a story or drama is a short statement that describes the main events of the plot and the actions of the primary characters.

Skills

  • Create a summary of a story or drama that includes the main plot events and describes how characters external or internal actions.
  • Cite textual evidence to support summary statements.

Understanding

  • A summary is a short explanation of the most important elements from a text, and statements in a summary should be supported with textual evidence.

Vocabulary

  • Summarize
  • Plot
  • Characters
  • Thoughts
  • Actions
  • Citing
  • Textual evidence
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