La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CLXIX-901

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section CLXIX-901 - Reading Literature

A. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

B. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.

C. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

D. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.

E. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.

F. Distinguish the students point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

G. Explain how specific aspects of a texts illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).

H. Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).

I. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CLXIX-901

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 421025 (7/1/2016).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6, R.S. 17: 24.4, and R.S. 17:154.