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Grade 5

• Language

  • 5.L.1
  • 5.L.2.e
  • 5.L.2
  • 5.L.3.a
  • 5.L.3
  • 5.L.4.b
  • 5.L.4.c
  • 5.L.4
  • 5.L.5.a
  • 5.L.5
  • 5.L.5.b
  • 5.L.5.c
  • 5.L.6

• Reading: Fluency

  • 5.RF.3
  • 5.RF.4.b

• Reading: Informational

  • 5.RI.1
  • 5.RI.8
  • 5.RI.10

• Reading: Literature

  • 5.RL.1
  • 5.RL.2
  • 5.RL.3
  • 5.RL.4
  • 5.RL.5
  • 5.RL.6
  • 5.RL.9

• Speaking & Listening

  • 5.SL.1
  • 5.SL.1.c
  • 5.SL.4
  • 5.SL.5
  • 5.SL.6

• Writing

  • 5.W.1.a
  • 5.W.1.c
  • 5.W.1
  • 5.W.2.a
  • 5.W.2
  • 5.W.2.c
  • 5.W.2.d
  • 5.W.3.a
  • 5.W.3.b
  • 5.W.3.c
  • 5.W.3.d
  • 5.W.3.e
  • 5.W.3
  • 5.W.4
  • 5.W.5
  • 5.W.7
  • 5.W.9.a
  • 5.W.10

CCSS ELA Standard: 5.RL.2

Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

A typical student narrative includes plot and characters but lacks a larger idea to hold it all together. This is where a lesson on themes comes in…

Are students' characters a bit flat? Archetypes give them a strong foundation on which to build their own characters as well as a tool to analyze existing stories.