Oklahoma 4th Grade ELA Standards in Critical Reading and Writing

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4.3 Critical Reading and Writing

• Reading: Students will analyze, interpret, and evaluate increasingly complex literary and informational texts that include a wide range of historical, cultural, ethnic, and global perspectives from a variety of genres.
  • 4.3.R.1 Students will determine the author’s purpose (i.e., entertain, inform, persuade) by identifying key details.
  • 4.3.R.2 Students will determine whether a grade-level literary text is narrated in first- or third-person point of view.
  • 4.3.R.3 Students will find textual evidence of literary elements:
    • 4.3.R.3.a setting
    • 4.3.R.3.b plot
    • 4.3.R.3.c characters (i.e., protagonist, antagonist)
    • 4.3.R.3.d characterization
    • 4.3.R.3.e conflict
  • 4.3.R.4 Students will find textual evidence of literary devices:
    • 4.3.R.4.a metaphor
    • 4.3.R.4.b idiom
    • 4.3.R.4.c personification
    • 4.3.R.4.d hyperbole
    • 4.3.R.4.e simile
    • 4.3.R.4.f alliteration
    • 4.3.R.4.g onomatopoeia
  • 4.3.R.5 Students will answer inferential questions using evidence from one or more texts to support answers.
  • 4.3.R.6 Students will distinguish fact from opinion in an informational text and explain how reasons and facts support specific points.
  • 4.3.R.7 Students will distinguish the structures of an informational text:
    • 4.3.R.7.a cause/effect
    • 4.3.R.7.b problem/solution
    • 4.3.R.7.c description
    • 4.3.R.7.d sequential
• Writing: Students will thoughtfully and intentionally write, addressing a range of modes, purposes, and audiences.
  • 4.3.W.1 Students will compose narratives reflecting real or imagined experiences that:
    • 4.3.W.1.a include plots with a climax and resolution
    • 4.3.W.1.b include developed characters who overcome conflicts and use dialogue
    • 4.3.W.1.c use a consistent point of view
    • 4.3.W.1.d unfold in chronological sequence
    • 4.3.W.1.e use sentence variety, sensory details, and vivid language to create interest
    • 4.3.W.1.f model literary elements and/or literary devices from mentor texts
  • 4.3.W.2 Students will compose informative essays that:
    • 4.3.W.2.a introduce and develop a topic
    • 4.3.W.2.b incorporate evidence (e.g., specific facts, examples)
    • 4.3.W.2.c maintain an organized structure with transitional words and phrases
    • 4.3.W.2.d use sentence variety and word choice to create interest
    • 4.3.W.2.e model literary devices from mentor texts
  • 4.3.W.3 Students will write opinion essays that:
    • 4.3.W.3.a introduce a topic and state an opinion
    • 4.3.W.3.b incorporate relevant, text-based evidence to support the opinion
    • 4.3.W.3.c use sentence variety and word choice to create interest
    • 4.3.W.3.e maintain an organized structure with transitional words and phrases