Virginia SOL 4.RL.2

4.RL.2 is a Standards of Learning standard. These are the knowledge and skills expectations under it.

• 4.RL.2.A

  Determine how an author uses language (dialogue, sensory language, and dialect), characters, and settings to advance the plot.

• 4.RL.2.B

  Identify the characteristics of different genres of literary texts (e.g., drama, poems, stories) and refer to the structural elements of each.

• 4.RL.2.C

  Identify the narrator of a story and the speaker of a poem.

• 4.RL.2.D

  Differentiate between first-and third-person point of view.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students examine how dialogue, sensory language, dialect, characters, and settings move a plot forward. They identify stories, poems, and dramas by their structural features. They also identify narrators and speakers and distinguish first-person from third-person point of view.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students correctly name the genre, structural elements, narrator or speaker, and point of view. They cite dialogue, sensory language, dialect, character actions, or setting details. They explain how those choices cause or shape a plot event.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may confuse the author with the narrator or poem’s speaker. They may label any text with dialogue as drama or mistake first-person dialogue for first-person narration. They often identify a craft choice without explaining how it changes the plot.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a short literary excerpt and ask: “Name the genre and point of view. Identify one craft choice, then explain how it moves the plot forward.”

1. 01

   Give groups colored sticky notes to mark dialogue, sensory details, setting, and character actions, then place the notes along a plot sequence.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: “Which detail most changes what happens next, and why?” Require one quoted detail from the text.

3. 03

   Play a card match with story, poem, and drama excerpts, structural features, narrator or speaker labels, and first-person or third-person cards.

4. 04

   Compare a book scene with its film version, then list how dialogue and setting help the action move forward in each version.

• 12.RL.2

  The 12th Grade version of this standard.

• 11.RL.2

  The 11th Grade version of this standard.

• 10.RL.2

  The 10th Grade version of this standard.

• 7.RL.2

  The 7th Grade version of this standard.