BRL 1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate eiderstanding of a text, refering explicit to the text.as the hasis for the answers. BRL TALS 2. Recount stores, including fables, folktsies, andl myths from siverse cultures; ‘determine the central message, lesson, oF moral and explain how itis conveyed through key details in the text 3. Describe characters ina story (2., the traits, motivations, or feelings) and ‘explain how their actions contribute to the seavence of events TRL 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, ‘stinguishing literal fram noniteral language SRLS 5. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking ‘about 5 text, using terms such 25 chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each ‘successive part hullds on eatlier sections. TRL 5. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters SRLT- 7. Explain how speciic aspects of a texts ilstrations contribute to what is ‘conveyed ky the wards in a story (eg., create mood, emphasize aspects of a sharacier or setting). rote: RL Bis NIA i iterature) BRL 9. Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (2-., in kooks from a senes). BRLAO 10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, ‘dramas, and posty, atthe high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity kanal independently and proficienty,