ELA21.4.19b

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.19b

Analyze a common or shared theme and its development in stories, myths, and/or other traditional literature.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • An author develops a theme by including specific details in the text to help the reader identify and understand the theme.
  • There are common, or universal, themes that frequently appear in literary text.

Skills

  • Identify the common theme in various types of traditional literature.
  • Analyze how the author developed the theme throughout the literature.

Understanding

  • Literature often includes universal (common) themes, and the author suggests the theme of the text by including particular details about characters or events.

Vocabulary

  • Analyze
  • Theme
  • Myth
  • Traditional literature
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