Central Bucks School District

Academic Standards for Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening

(4/15/99)
1.3 Reading, Analyzing, 
and Interpreting Literature		 1.3 Grade 3
(Interpreting Literature)		 1.3 Grade 5
(Interpreting Literature)		 1.3 Grade 8
(Interpreting Literature)		 1.3 Grade 11
(Interpreting Literature)
A. Read and analyze works of fiction (novels, short stories, poetry, drama) and nonfiction A. Read and understand works of literature. A. Read and understand works of literature. A. Read and understand works of literature. A. Read and understand works of literature.
B. Identify literary elements B. Identify literary elements in stories describing characters, setting, and plot. B. Compare the use of literary elements within and among texts, including characters, setting, plot, theme, and point of view. B. Analyze the use of literary elements by an author including characterization, setting, plot, theme, point of view, tone, and style. B. Analyze the relationships, uses and effectiveness of literary elements used by one or more authors in similar genres including characterization, setting, plot, theme, point of view, tone, and style.
C. Analyze author’s use of literary devices C1. Identify literary devices in stories.
  • Rhyme
  • Rhythm
  • Personification
 C1. Describe how the author uses literary devices to convey meaning.
  • Sound techniques (e.g., rhyme, rhythm, meter, alliteration)
  • Figurative language (e.g., personification, simile, metaphor, hyperbole)
 C1. Analyze the effect of various literary devices.
  • Sound techniques (e.g., rhyme, rhythm, meter, alliteration)
  • Figurative language (e.g., personification, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, illusion)
 C1. Analyze the effectiveness, in terms of literary quality, of the author’s use of literary devices.
  • Sound techniques (e.g., rhyme, rhythm, meter, alliteration)
  • Figurative language (e.g., personification, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, irony, satire)
  • Literary structures (e.g., foreshadowing, flashbacks, progressive and digressive time)
C2. Identify the structures in poetry (e.g., pattern books, predictable books, and nursery rhythms). C2. Identify and response to the effects of sound and structure in poetry (e.g., alliteration, rhyme, verse form). C2. Identify poetic forms (e.g., ballad, sonnet, couplet). C2. Analyze and evaluate in poetry the appropriateness of diction and figurative language (e.g., irony, understatement, overstatement, and paradox).
C3. Identify the structures in drama (e.g., dialogue, story enactment, acts, and scenes). C3. Analyze drama as information source, entertainment, persuasion, or transmitter of culture. C3. Analyze drama to determine the reasons for a character’s actions, taking into account the situation and basic motivation of the character. C3. Analyze how a scriptwriter’s use of words creates tone and mood, how choice of words advances the theme or purpose of the work.
D. Read widely and respond to works of fiction and non-fiction D1. Read and respond to nonfiction and fiction, including poetry and drama.
  • Read at least three literary forms and five different authors.
  • Read and compare several books by the same author.
  • Read and compare several texts within one genre
  • Read several books about one subject or with a common theme
  • Read various types of literature to expand world view.
  • Read a variety of non-fiction texts.
  • Produce evidence of reading that  makes and supports assertions about texts, connects texts, compares and contrasts texts, and evaluates writing strategies and author’s craft
  • Use interpretive, critical, and evaluative processes to respond to text
  • Recommend 25 books a year.
 D1. Read and respond to nonfiction and fiction, including poetry and drama.
  • Read at least three literary forms and five different authors.
  • Read and compare several books by the same author.
  • Read and compare several texts within one genre
  • Read several books about one subject or with a common theme.
  • Read various types of literature to expand world view.
  • Read a variety of non-fiction texts.
  • Produce evidence of reading that  makes and supports assertions about texts, connects texts, compares and contrasts texts, and evaluates writing strategies and author’s craft
  • Use interpretive, critical, and evaluative processes to respond to text
  • Recommend 25 books (or book equivalents) a year.
 D1. Read and respond to nonfiction and fiction, including poetry and drama.
  • Read at least three literary forms and five different authors.
  • Read and compare several books by the same author.
  • Read and compare several texts within one genre
  • Read several books about one subject or with a common theme
  • Read various types of literature to expand world view.
  • Read a variety of non-fiction texts.
  • Produce evidence of reading that  makes and supports assertions about texts, connects texts, compares and contrasts texts, and evaluates writing strategies and author’s craft
  • Use interpretive, critical, and evaluative processes to respond to text
  • Recommend 25 books (or book equivalents) a year.
 D1. Read and respond to nonfiction and fiction, including poetry and drama.
  • Read at least three literary forms and five different authors.
  • Read and compare several books by the same author.
  • Read and compare several texts within one genre
  • Read several books about one subject or with a common theme
  • Read various types of literature to expand world view.
  • Read a variety of non-fiction texts.
  • Produce evidence of reading that  makes and supports assertions about texts, connects texts, compares and contrasts texts, and evaluates writing strategies and author’s craft
  • Use interpretive, critical, and evaluative processes to respond to text
  • Recommend 25 books (or book equivalents) a year.
D2. Produce work in at least one literary genre that follows the conventions of the genre: short narrative, poem, play, or story. D2. Produce work in at least one literary genre that follows the conventions of the genre: short narrative, poem, play, or story. D2. Produce work in at least one literary genre that follows the conventions of the genre: short story, short play, poem, memoir, reflective essay,  vignette. D2. Produce work in at least one literary genre that follows the conventions of the genre: short story, short play, poem, memoir, reflective essay,  vignette.

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