Florida 5th Grade ELA Standards in Reading Literature

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5.RL Reading Standards for Literature

• 5.RL.1 Key Ideas and Details
  • 5.RL.1.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
  • 5.RL.1.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
  • 5.RL.1.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
• 5.RL.2 Craft and Structure
  • 5.RL.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
  • 5.RL.2.5 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
  • 5.RL.2.6 Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.
• 5.RL.3 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
  • 5.RL.3.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).
  • 5.RL.3.9 Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
• 5.RL.4 Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
  • 5.RL.4.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.