Colorado Academic Standards (CAS)
CO.3.2. Reading for All Purposes
3.2.1. Strategies are needed to make meaning of various types of literary genres. Students can:
3.2.1.a. Use Key Ideas and Details to:
3.2.1.a.iv. Describe and draw inferences about the elements of plot, character, and setting in literary pieces, poems, and plays
3.2.1.a.v. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. (CCSS: RL.3.3)