Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.RL.7.2: Identify events in a text that are related to the theme or central idea.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • RL.7.2 - Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

When provided with a picture of an object, or other symbolic representation of that object, the student can correctly match the picture with the real object.

Distal Precursor

The student can identify concrete details in a familiar story, including characters and objects.

Proximal Precursor

The student can identify the events or other character actions/feelings that cause a character's actions in a story and can identify the corresponding consequences.

Target

The student can identify the theme of a story and identify the events that directly relate to the overall theme.

Successor

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.