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
4th Grade Reading - Plot and Events Lesson
Plot and Events
The plot of a story is made up of the story’s events—it is what happens in a story. The author puts the different events in an order based on the plot.
The different parts of a plot are
Rising action: the events that happen at the beginning, before the turning point
Conflict/problem: the problem that is faced by a character or characters
Climax/turning point: the part of the plot in which the events get the most exciting
Resolution: the final part of the plot in which the problem is solved