Virginia SOL 5.RL.3

5.RL.3 is a Standards of Learning standard. These are the knowledge and skills expectations under it.

• 5.RL.3.A

  Set a purpose for reading by activating prior (experience) and background (content) knowledge.

• 5.RL.3.B

  Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first-and third-person narratives.

• 5.RL.3.C

  Compare and contrast details in paired literary and informational nonfiction texts including their treatment of similar themes, topics, and patterns of events.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students choose a reason for reading and connect the text to relevant experiences or facts they already know. They compare who tells different stories and how first-person and third-person narration affect the reader. They also compare a literary text with nonfiction on a shared topic, theme, or sequence of events.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students set a useful reading goal and connect relevant knowledge before reading. They identify first-person and third-person narration from narrator clues, then explain how viewpoint affects what readers know. They compare how a story and a nonfiction text develop a shared topic, theme, or event pattern using evidence from both.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may call a story first person because a character says “I” in dialogue, even when an outside narrator tells the story. They often summarize each text separately instead of making a direct comparison. They may confuse a shared topic, such as courage, with a message about that topic.

04

How to Assess It

Before reading, students write one fact they know about floods and one question they want answered. After reading a first-person flood story and a third-person nonfiction account, they identify each viewpoint and compare the treatment of danger using one detail from each.

1. 01

   Give groups narrator clue cards and two short passages, then have them sort the clues under first person or third person and explain each choice.

2. 02

   After reading a folktale and an article about greed, ask: How does each text show the costs of wanting too much?

3. 03

   Play Point of View Relay: teams label passage cards, underline narrator clues, and earn a point only when evidence supports the label.

4. 04

   Pair a fictional wildfire scene with a fire department fact sheet, then have students chart what each source helps readers understand.

• 11.RL.3

  The 11th Grade version of this standard.

• 10.RL.3

  The 10th Grade version of this standard.

• 12.RL.3

  The 12th Grade version of this standard.

• 11.RI.3

  The 11th Grade version of this standard.