Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.RL.9-10.2: Recount events related to the theme or central idea, including details about character and setting.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • RL.9-10.2 - Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

The student can identify a forward sequence in a routine that they are familiar with (e.g., observed, participated in).

Distal Precursor

After reading or hearing a single episode from a story, the student can identify the overall goal or main idea of the episode.

Proximal Precursor

The student can identify details that relate to and support the theme of a story.

Target

After reading a story, the student can identify the theme or central idea and recount two or more events using specific details about characters and settings that contribute to the theme or central idea.

Successor

After reading a story, the student can recall and identify the order of main events that relate to the theme of the story.