Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards
MD.RL. Standards for Reading Literature (RL)
Key Ideas and Details
RL2.CCR. Anchor Standard: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
1.RL2. Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
1.RL2.2. Identify the elements of a story (e.g., characters, setting, problem, and solution).
1.RL2.6. Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly. (CCSS SL.1.4)
RL3.CCR. Anchor Standard: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of text.
1.RL3. Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
1.RL3.1. Identify the elements in a story, including characters and the setting.
1.RL3.4. Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly. (CCSS SL.1.4)
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL7.CCR. Anchor Standard: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
1.RL7. Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
1.RL7.2. Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly (See CCSS SL.1.4).
RL9.CCR. Anchor Standard: Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
1.RL9. Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
1.RL9.2. Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly (See CCSS SL.1.4).
MD.SL. Standards for Speaking and Listening (SL)
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
SL5.CCR. Anchor Standard: Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
1.SL5. Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
1.SL5.1. Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events (See CCSS RL.1.7).