Appendix—Implementing District Standards
The following standards are the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for 5th Grade Literature. The Craft and Structure standards outlined address the poetry content within this unit.
CCSS. ELA-Literacy RL 5.2
“Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic summarize the text.”
Students will analyze the theme(s) of poems and how they have evolved to discuss issues of race, acceptance and beauty in America.
CCSS. ELA-Literacy RL 5.4
“Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.”
Students will identify and implement figurative language in poems reviewed and created throughout the unit.
CCSS. ELA-Literacy RL 5.5
“Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.”
Students will analyze the structure of poems and synthesize how the stanzas are arranged in order to make up the whole poem.
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