South Dakota ELA 4.RL.10

4.RL.10 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 4.RL.10.a

  Read and comprehend grade-appropriate texts with increasing challenge in text difficulty and complexity (e.g., layout, text structure, language/literary feature...

• 4.RL.10.b

  Self-select text for personal enjoyment, interest, and academic tasks.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students read stories, poems, and plays, including texts with unfamiliar words or unusual timelines. They use details and context to make sense of what they read. They choose texts that fit their interests or an assignment.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can explain a story's events, even when the author tells them out of order. They can use clues to explain an unfamiliar phrase in a poem or play. They can choose a book and give a clear reason for the choice.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat a flashback as an event that happened after the opening scene. They may assume an unfamiliar word makes the whole text too hard, or choose a book by its cover without checking what it is about.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a short story with a flashback and two book blurbs. Ask them to summarize the story, explain when the flashback happened, and pick a next read with a reason.

1. 01

   Give pairs printed story strips with a flashback; have them arrange events in time order and mark words that signal the shift.

2. 02

   After reading a poem and a short story, ask: What does each speaker or character want, and which lines show it?

3. 03

   Post four book blurbs; students pick one for fun and one for a class question, then explain each choice using the blurb.

4. 04

   Use the school library catalog to find a novel set in a place studied in class; read a page and explain the choice.

• 2.RL.10

  By the end of the year, read and comprehend a variety of literary texts.

• K.RL.10

  The Kindergarten version of this standard.

• 5.RL.10

  By the end of the year, read and comprehend a variety of literary texts.

• 1.RL.10

  By the end of the year, read and comprehend a variety of literary texts.