New Jersey 4th Grade ELA Standards in Reading Literature Text

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RL Reading Literature Text

• Key Ideas and Details
  • RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text and make relevant connections when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
  • RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
  • RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).
• Craft and Structure
  • RL.4.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in literature.
  • RL.4.5 Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text.
  • RL.4.6 Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
  • RL.4.7 Make connections between specific descriptions and directions in a text and a visual or oral representation of the text.
  • RL.4.9 Compare, contrast and reflect on (e.g. practical knowledge, historical/cultural context, and background knowledge) stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
• Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
  • RL.4.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems at grade level text-complexity (See Appendix A) or above, with scaffolding as needed.