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READING COMPREHENSION – STORY FORM
KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS
Unit 1
Grade 4
Story Skeleton
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9-12
1.1
Story Structure
RL: 4.1, 2,
RL: 4.3, 4
RL: 5.1, 2,
RL: 5.3, 4
RL: 6.1, 2,
RL: 6.3, 4
RL: 7.1, 2,
RL: 7.3, 4
RL: 8.1, 2,
RL: 8.3, 4
RL: 9-12.1, 2,
RL: 9-12.3, 4
1.2
Setting
RL: 4.1, 2,
RL: 4.3, 4
RL: 5.1, 2,
RL: 5.3, 4
RL: 6.1, 2,
RL: 6.3, 4
RL: 7.1, 2,
RL: 7.3, 4
RL: 8.1, 2,
RL: 8.3, 4
RL: 9-12.1, 2,
RL: 9-12.3, 4
1.3
Characters
RL: 4.1, 2,
RL: 4.3, 4
RL: 5.1, 2,
RL: 5.3, 4
RL: 6.1, 2,
RL: 6.3, 4
RL: 7.1, 2,
RL: 7.3, 4
RL: 8.1, 2,
RL: 8.3, 4
RL: 9-12.1, 2,
RL: 9-12.3, 4
1.4
Problem/Conflict
RL: 4.1, 2,
RL: 4.3, 4
RL: 5.1, 2,
RL: 5.3, 4
RL: 6.1, 2,
RL: 6.3, 4
RL: 7.1, 2,
RL: 7.3, 4
RL: 8.1, 2,
RL: 8.3, 4
RL: 9-12.1, 2,
RL: 9-12.3, 4
1.5
Rising Action
RL: 4.1, 2,
RL: 4.3, 4
RL: 5.1, 2,
RL: 5.3, 4
RL: 6.1, 2,
RL: 6.3, 4
RL: 7.1, 2,
RL: 7.3, 4
RL: 8.1, 2,
RL: 8.3, 4
RL: 9-12.1, 2,
RL: 9-12.3, 4
1.6
Climax
RL: 4.1, 2,
RL: 4.3, 4
RL: 5.1, 2,
RL: 5.3, 4
RL: 6.1, 2,
RL: 6.3, 4
RL: 7.1, 2,
RL: 7.3, 4
RL: 8.1, 2,
RL: 8.3, 4
RL: 9-12.1, 2,
RL: 9-12.3, 4
1.7
Falling Action
RL: 4.1, 2,
RL: 4.3, 4
RL: 5.1, 2,
RL: 5.3, 4
RL: 6.1, 2,
RL: 6.3, 4
RL: 7.1, 2,
RL: 7.3, 4
RL: 8.1, 2,
RL: 8.3, 4
RL: 9-12.1, 2,
RL: 9-12.3, 4
1.8
Story
RL: 4.1, 2,
RL: 4.3, 4
RL: 5.1, 2,
RL: 5.3, 4
RL: 6.1, 2,
RL: 6.3, 4
RL: 7.1, 2,
RL: 7.3, 4
RL: 8.1, 2,
RL: 8.3, 4
RL: 9-12.1, 2,
RL: 9-12.3, 4
CRAFT AND STRUCTURE
Unit 2
2.1
Story Outline
2.2
Time and Place
Unit 3
Grade 4
Setting
Conflict
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9-12
RL: 4. 3, 4, 5,
6,7
RL: 5.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 6.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 7.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 8.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 9-12.3, 4, 5,
6,7
RL: 4. 3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 5.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 6.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 7.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 8.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 9-12.3, 4, 5,
6,7
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9-12
RL: 4. 3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 5.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 6.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 7.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 8.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 9-12.3, 4, 5,
6,7
3.1
Central Conflict
3.2
Opposing Force
RL: 4. 3, 4, 5,
6,7
RL: 5.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 6.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 7.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 8.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 9-12.3, 4, 5,
6,7
3.3
Inciting Force
RL: 4. 3, 4, 5,
6,7
RL: 5.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 6.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 7.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 8.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 9-12.3, 4, 5,
6,7
Unit 4
Rising Action
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9-12
RL: 4. 3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 5.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 6.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 7.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 8.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 9-12.3, 4, 5,
6,7
RL: 4. 3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 5.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 6.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 7.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 8.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 9-12.3, 4, 5,
6,7
4.1
Plot Development
4.2
Crisis and Climax
RL
Reading: Literature
RF
Reading: Foundational Skills
S
Speaking and Listening
RI
Reading: Informational Text
W
Writing
L
Language
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READING COMPREHENSION – STORY FORM
Unit 5
Grade 4
Falling Action
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9-12
RL: 5.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 6.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 7.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 8.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 9-12.3, 4, 5,
6,7
5.1
Plot Expansion
RL: 4. 3, 4, 5,
6,7
5.2
Open Plot
RL: 4. 3, 4, 5,
6,7
RL: 5.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 6.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 7.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 8.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 9-12.3, 4, 5,
6,7
5.3
Closed Plot
RL: 4. 3, 4, 5,
6,7
RL: 5.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 6.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 7.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 8.3, 4, 5, 6,7
RL: 9-12.3, 4, 5,
6,7
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS
Unit 6
Grade 1
Interpretive Theme
6.1
Interpretive Theme
RL: 4.1, 2,
RL: 4.3, 4,7
RL: 5.1, 2,
RL: 5.3, 4,7
RL: 6.1, 2,
RL: 6.3, 4,7
RL: 7.1, 2,
RL: 7.3, 4,7
RL: 8.1, 2,
RL: 8.3, 4,7
RL: 9-12.1, 2,
RL: 9-12.3, 4,7
6.2
Supportive Evidence
RL: 4.1, 2,
RL: 4.3, 4,7
RL: 5.1, 2,
RL: 5.3, 4,7
RL: 6.1, 2,
RL: 6.3, 4,7
RL: 7.1, 2,
RL: 7.3, 4,7
RL: 8.1, 2,
RL: 8.3, 4,7
RL: 9-12.1, 2,
RL: 9-12.3, 4,7
Unit 7
7.1
Type/Genre
Genres
Unit 8
Literary Terms
8.1
Literary Terms
8.2
Definition of Literary Terms
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
RL: 4.3, 5, 6
RL: 5.3, 5, 6
RL: 6.3, 5, 6
RL: 7.3, 5, 6
RL: 8.3, 5, 6
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
RL: 9-12.3, 5, 6
Grade 6
RL: 4.4, 5, 6, 7
RL: 5.4, 5, 6, 7
RL: 6.4, 5, 6, 7
RL: 7.4, 5, 6, 7
RL: 8.4, 5, 6, 7
RL: 9-12.4, 5, 6,
7
RL: 4.4, 5, 6, 7
RL: 5.4, 5, 6, 7
RL: 6.4, 5, 6, 7
RL: 7.4, 5, 6, 7
RL: 8.4, 5, 6, 7
RL: 9-12.4, 5, 6,
7
RANGE OF READING AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY
Grade 1
Read and Comprehend literature, including stories,
dramas, and poems, in the grade band proficiency
RL: 4.10
RF: 4.4a
L:4. 4, 5
Grade 2
RL: 5.10
RF: 5.4a
L:5. 4, 5
Grade 3
RL: 6.10
RF: 6.4a
L:6. 4, 5
Grade 4
RL: 7.10
RF: 7.4a
L:7. 4, 5
RL
Reading: Literature
RF
Reading: Foundational Skills
S
Speaking and Listening
RI
Reading: Informational Text
W
Writing
L
Language
Grade 5
RL: 8.10
RF: 8.4a
L:8. 4, 5
Grade 6
RL: 9-12.10
RF: 9.4a
L:9-12. 4, 5
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