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.
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks:
RL.3.5
Identify common structural elements of fiction (e.g., problem, solution); describe how each successive part of a text builds on earlier sections.
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
3R5
In literary texts, identify parts of stories, dramas, and poems using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza. (RL) In informational texts, identify and use text features to build comprehension. (RI)
Wisconsin Academic Standards:
R.3.5
Identify parts of stories, dramas, and poems using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza. (RL) Identify and use text features to build comprehension. (RI)
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.3.3.E
Refer to parts of texts when writing or speaking about a text using such terms as chapter, scene,and stanza and describe how each successive part builds upon earlier sections.
Arkansas Academic Standards:
3.RC.12.RL
Describe the major differences in the structural elements of poems, dramas, and stories.
3rd Grade Reading - Text Parts Lesson
Story
A story is a short, made-up passage that shows events that happen to a character or characters. Usually, a story only shows a part of a character’s life.
These are the elements or parts of a story:
A beginning, middle, and an end
A problem or a conflict that the character has to solve
A climax or a turning point in which the problem builds up
Characters that speak through dialogue or who
are described by the narrator
Sentences and paragraphs instead of stanzas
Drama
A drama, or play, is a passage that tells a story using the lines characters say to each other.
These are the elements or parts of a drama:
Cast of characters: a list that appears near the beginning of the play; shows the characters that appear in the play
Stage setting: the description of the time and place of the play and what the characters are doing as the scene begins
Dialogue: the lines that the characters say to each other to move the plot along
Stage directions: the words that appear in parentheses throughout the play and tell the characters how to act
Poem
A poem is a passage that often uses rhyme, rhythm, and language that says a lot in a few words. Poems are made up of lines. A group of lines is called a stanza.
These are the common elements of a poem:
Verses: lines that make up a poem
Stanzas: a group of lines
Rhyme: using words that end in the same sound
Rhythm: the way sound is repeated in a pattern
Meter: the beat of the poem made by repeating a pattern of syllables
3rd Grade Reading - Text Parts Lesson