English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.23d

Identify the central message or moral of a story.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • A central message or moral is the lesson that is learned through the story or the one big idea of the story.

Skills

  • Identify the central message or moral of a story using information from the text.

Understanding

  • Stories will often have a central message or moral that the author intended to share with readers.

Vocabulary

  • Central message
  • Moral
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