Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.RL.5.9: Compare stories, myths, or texts with similar topics or themes.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • RL.5.9 - Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

The student can demonstrate an understanding of object names by correctly identifying an object or person.

Distal Precursor

The student can identify an object by its descriptor or provide a descriptor for the object.

Proximal Precursor

The student can identify a character's actions in a familiar story and recall the consequences of those actions.

Target

The student can compare and contrast two narratives about the same topic and identify similarities, differences, and the purpose for needing more than one narrative about a given topic (topic complexity).

Successor

After reading two texts on the same topic, the student can identify similarities and differences between the different elements of the text.