Common Core State Standard Connections...
The standards expressed on this website are for sixth grade, however can also be used with seventh and eighth grade both contain similar standards
RL 3.6: Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
RL 7.3: Analyze how a particular element of a story or drama interacts.
RL 8.3: Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
RL 6.5: Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
RL 6.6: Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
RL 7.6: Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
RL 8.6: Analyze how the differences in points of view of the characters and audience or reader create such effects such as suspense or humor.
RL 6.7: Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text. Including contrasting what they "see" and "hear" when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.
RL 7.7: Compare and contrast a written story, drama or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of technique unique to each medium.
RL 8.7 Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
W 6.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well - structured event sequences.
a. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and classes to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
d. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
RL 3.6: Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
RL 7.3: Analyze how a particular element of a story or drama interacts.
RL 8.3: Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
RL 6.5: Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
RL 6.6: Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
RL 7.6: Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
RL 8.6: Analyze how the differences in points of view of the characters and audience or reader create such effects such as suspense or humor.
RL 6.7: Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text. Including contrasting what they "see" and "hear" when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.
RL 7.7: Compare and contrast a written story, drama or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of technique unique to each medium.
RL 8.7 Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
W 6.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well - structured event sequences.
a. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and classes to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
d. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.