Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.RL.11-12.2: Recount the main events of the text which are related to the theme or central idea.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • RL.11-12.2 - Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

The student can identify actions that are associated with routines that they are familiar with (e.g., observed, participated in).

Distal Precursor

After reading or hearing a familiar story, the student can use story details to correctly identify the specific theme of the story and the main goal or idea of a character in a story.

Proximal Precursor

The student can identify the theme or central idea of a story and identify and recount the events that are relevant to, and help the reader infer, the theme and central idea.

Target

After reading or hearing a story, the student can correctly identify the theme of the story and recount the most important events related to that theme.

Successor

After reading or hearing a story, the student can identify the central idea or theme of the text. The student can also analyze the way the characters, setting, and plot contribute to the development of the theme across the course of the text.