Analyze in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
Identify and explain attitudes and influences of multiple characters within a text.
Explain how the main character changes throughout the story, using explicit evidence from the text.
Make an inference about a character's behavior, the setting, and/or specific events, using explicit details from the story.
Arizona Academic Standards:
4.RL.3
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.RL.4.3
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE4RL3
Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study:
RL.4.3
Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
4R3
In literary texts, describe a character, setting, or event, drawing on specific details in the text. (RL) In informational texts, explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts, including what happened and why, based on specific evidence from the text. (RI)
Tennessee Academic Standards:
4.RL.KID.3
Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in a text, such as a character’s thoughts, words, or actions.
Wisconsin Academic Standards:
R.4.3
Describe a character (traits, motivations, feelings), setting, or event, drawing on specific details in the text. (RL) Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts, including what happened and why, based on specific evidence from the text. (RI)
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.3.4.C
Describe in depth a character, setting,or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
E04.A-K.1.1.3
Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story, drama, or poem, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking:
ELA.4.R.1.1
Explain how setting, events, conflict, and character development contribute to the plot in a literary text
Arkansas Academic Standards:
4.RC.8.RL
Explain how the setting contributes to the plot of a story.
4th Grade Reading - Setting Lesson
Setting
A setting is the time and place in which the events in a passage happen.
When you read, think of where and when the story takes place.
A story can take place anywhere (the desert or a classroom) and at any time (nighttime, the past, or the future).
The setting affects the way a character behaves.
The setting also shapes the plot of the story or a play.