Standard #: LAFS.4.RL.1.2 (Archived Standard)


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Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.


General Information

Subject Area: English Language Arts
Grade: 4
Strand: Reading Standards for Literature
Date Adopted or Revised: 12/10
Date of Last Rating: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved - Archived
Assessed: Yes

Test Item Specifications

    Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: TM , MS , ST , MC item(s)
    N/A

    Assessment Limits :
    Items may ask the student to use details from a text to determine the theme. The theme may be explicitly or implicitly stated. Items may ask the student to summarize the text as a whole or to identify key events as part of a summary.
    Text Types :
    The items assessing this standard may be used with one or more grade-appropriate literary texts. Texts may vary in complexity
    Response Mechanisms :
    The Enhanced Item Descriptions section on page 3 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice item type). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below
    Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :
    Task Demand

    Determine a theme of a text.

    Sample Response Mechanisms

    Selectable Text 

    • Requires the student to select the theme of the passage and then to choose textual evidence to support the answer. 
    Multiple Choice 
    • Requires the student to select the theme of the passage. Provide a summary of the text.
    Selectable Text 
    • Requires the student to select details from the text that are necessary for a summary. 
    Multiple Choice 
    • Requires the student to identify the correct summary of the text.
     Multiselect 
    • Requires the student to select multiple details from the text that are necessary for a summary. Table Match • Requires the student to complete a table that creates a summary of the text.


Related Courses

Course Number1111 Course Title222
5010010: English for Speakers of Other Languages-Elementary (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022 (course terminated))
5010020: Basic Skills in Reading-K-2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2021, 2021 and beyond (current))
5010030: Functional Basic Skills in Communications-Elementary (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5010045: Language Arts - Grade Four (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
7710015: Access Language Arts - Grade 4 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5010240: Theatre – Intermediate 2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2020 (course terminated))
5011040: Library Skills/Information Literacy 4 (Specifically in versions: 2016 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
5004240: Theatre Intermediate 2 (Specifically in versions: 2020 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))


Related Resources

Lesson Plans

Name Description
Identifying Themes Across Cultures: Lessons on Theme (1 of 2)

In this lesson, students will learn to determine the universal theme of a story. They will first identify the problem and solution of a story and use that information to determine the theme or author's message, and from there, they will determine the universal theme. Finally, they will compare and contrast the text with another story with a similar theme. This lesson uses the texts Indian Children's Favorite Stories retold by Rosemarie Somaiah and Filipino Children's Favorite Stories retold by Liana Romulo. This lesson is part one of two in a unit on theme. The other lesson has been attached as a related resource.

Aesop's Fable "The Lost Wig"

This lesson on Aesop's Fable "The Lost Wig" will provide students the opportunity to share and discuss their ideas of the fable’s theme. Students will work together in cooperative pairs to determine the theme "The Lost Wig." They will also have the opportunity to add on to the ending of "The Lost Wig" to enhance the theme.

Discovering Florida's Past with A Land Remembered (Lesson 2 of 2)

Students will go on adventures with the MacIvey family as they work cooperatively to summarize a text.

Student Center Activities

Name Description
Comprehension: Sum-thing Special

In this activity, students will summarize text using a graphic organizer.

Comprehension: Retell Recap

In this activity, students will retell or summarize a story.

Comprehension: Story Element Ease

In this activity, students will identify and sort story elements (character, setting, problem, solution, theme, plot). They will then compare and contrast the elements of different stories.

Comprehension: Story Pieces

In this activity, students will answer questions related to story elements (characters, setting, plot, theme) and record their answers on a graphic organizer.

Comprehension: Sum Summary!

In this activity, students will summarize text (narrative and expository) using a graphic organizer.

Comprehension: Summary Step-Up

In this activity, students will summarize narrative text using a graphic organizer.

Comprehension: The Main Events

In this activity, students will sequence events in a story using a graphic organizer.

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