Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.RL.3.9: Identify common elements in two stories in a series.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • RL.3.9 - Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

The student can attend to the entire object, a characteristic of the object, or an action that the object can perform after a verbal label has been attached to it.

Distal Precursor

When presented with multiple people, objects, and places, the student is able to correctly identify those that are familiar.

Proximal Precursor

The student can identify which details are related to specific events in a familiar story.

Target

After reading or hearing two narratives within a series, the student can identify the story elements, such as characters, settings, and events, that occur within both narratives.

Successor

After reading or hearing two narratives, the student can identify similar elements of the plot, such as the exposition, rising action, conflict, climax, and resolution.