Alabama 4th Grade ELA Standards in Comprehension

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Comprehension

• 14 Demonstrate comprehension of literary and informational text by utilizing its content when discussing or writing in response to the text.
• 15 Analyze in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
  • 15.a Identify and explain attitudes and influences of multiple characters within a text.
  • 15.b Explain how the main character changes throughout the story, using explicit evidence from the text.
  • 15.c Make an inference about a character’s behavior, the setting, and/or specific events, using explicit details from the story.
• 16 Describe how authors use literary devices and text features to convey meaning in prose, poetry, and drama.
  • 16.a Identify clues in the text to recognize implicit meanings.
  • 16.b Apply prior knowledge to textual clues to draw conclusions about the author’s meaning.
  • 16.c Make an inference about the meaning of a text and support it with textual evidence.
• 17 Identify the narrator’s point of view in a literary text and explain how it differs from a character’s perspective.
  • 17.a Explain the difference between first person and third person narration, including omniscient and third person limited.
  • 17.b State an opinion of the author’s use of narration, supporting reasoning with examples from the text.
• 18 Identify the point of view in a narrative and describe how the narrative would be different if told from the perspective of a different character or narrator.
  • 18.a Compare and contrast firsthand and secondhand accounts of the same event or topic, describing the differences in focus and the information provided.
  • 18.b Compare the perspectives of different characters within a text.
• 19 Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.
  • 19.a Determine and state an implied theme, explicit theme, or life lesson from a myth, story, or other traditional literature.
  • 19.b Analyze a common or shared theme and its development in stories, myths, and/or other traditional literature.
• 20 Use details and examples from a text to indicate what the text explicitly states.
  • 20.a Interpret facts from an informational article, using details and examples from the text to explain the interpretation.
  • 20.b List the main questions answered by an informational article.
  • 20.c Categorize statements in an article or other informational text as fact or opinion and give reasons for each choice.
  • 20.d Explain the differences between primary and secondary sources, giving examples from texts.
• 21 Explain how relevant details support the implied or explicit main idea of a text.
  • 21.a Determine the central idea or theme of a text.
  • 21.b Explain the difference between implied and explicit details.
  • 21.c Summarize the key supporting details by citing evidence from a text.
• 22 Analyze events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in informational texts, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
  • 22.a Cite evidence to explain the author’s perspective toward a topic in an informational text.
• 23 Evaluate how text features and structures contribute to the meaning of an informational text.
  • 23.a Identify and describe the structures within a text, including description, comparison and contrast, sequence, problem and solution, and cause and effect.
  • 23.b Interpret information from text features in both print and digital formats.
• 24 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points and claims in an informational text or argument.
  • 24.a Make text-based inferences to determine possible reasons for an author’s stance.
• 25 Explain how the form of a poem contributes to its meaning.
• 26 Analyze how rhythm and rhyme in poetry contribute to meaning.
• 27 Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.
• 28 Write clear and coherent responses to texts, using explicit or implicit evidence that supports a particular point.
• 29 Add audio recordings to presentations, when appropriate, to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
• 30 Synthesize information on a topic in order to write or speak knowledgeably about the subject.
  • 30.a Make complex inferences within and across texts to determine the importance of information.
  • 30.b Use evidence to explain information across texts including different perspectives and/or points of view.
• 31 Orally paraphrase portions of a text or information presented in diverse media when collaborating and/or presenting.