Marking
Period 1
Fourth Grade Focus: Reading for Literary Experience
TASS: Collaboration
Synthesis
What do we need to know and be able to do?
What question do we ask ourselves?
1. How does knowing the characters and their traits
help me make predictions about the story to better
understand it?
2. How does the character change over time in the
story?
3. How does using strategies help me understand what
I read?
4. How can the setting affect the characters or events
in a story?
5. How does the author use figurative language to
make the story interesting?
What words do we need to know to master the
objectives?
historical fiction
setting
problem
solution
personification
simile
character trait
metaphor
sensory details
figurative language
1. Describe characters’ reactions to the events in a story
drawing on specific details from the text
2. Describe the setting from a story drawing on specific
details from the text
3. Evaluate author’s use of figurative language
4. Use examples or text evidence to make inferences
observations, and research-based information to
How will we master the objectives?
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Setting a purpose for reading the text
Use strategies to make meaning from text
Visualize what was read for deeper understanding
Identify and use structural features to distinguish
among types of narrative text
 Identify and explain specific words or phrases that
contribute to the meaning of the text
 Identify and explain language that appeals to the
senses and feelings
What resources will we use?
Various fiction texts
sticky notes