Grade 04 ELA - EC: E04.A-C.3.1.1

Continuum of Activities

The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.

This continuum of activities offers:

Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
Questions/activities that grow in complexity
Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance

Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content

E04.A-C.3.1.1 E04.A-C.3.1.1

Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures. Note: “Stories” means narration of events told through the text types of stories, dramas, or poems.

Activities

Identify the theme of a reading passage.
Illustrate the sequence of events of a reading passage.

Compare the themes from 2 different reading passages.
Identify patterns of events in 2-3 different reading passages.

Compare and contrast 2 different themes from reading passages.
Explain how the sequence of events in a story reflects the culture from where the story was originated.

Answer Key/Rubric

Student reads a reading passage and identifies the theme of the story. Student should cite references from the story that support the theme.
Student illustrates the sequence of events from a reading passage. This illustration may be in graphic form or in a written timeline.

Student reads 2 reading passages and compares their themes. Student should discuss commonalities of the themes and look for other examples of readings that have a similar theme.
Student reads 2-3 different reading passages and defines their sequence of events. These patterns of events should then be evaluated and similarities highlighted.

Student will compare and contrast the themes of 2 different reading passages. Commonalities and differences should be listed and discussed. Look for other readings that follow the same theme and create a list to be displayed.
Student will read a reading passage and investigate the sequence of events of that reading passage. Student will then explore the culture of the story origin and determine whether the events in the reading reflect the culture. For example, if the student reads “The Bracelet” by Yoshiko Uchida, the events would be aligned with the struggles of families sent to Japanese Internment Camps during WWII.