Reading Literature Assessment

RL.4.2

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

Question 7 asks for a summary, and questions 14 and 23 ask for the shared theme about working together, supported with details.

RL.4.3

“Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).”

Questions 3 to 6 ask how Leo feels when the board crashes and how his actions change from "I can do it faster" to working side by side.

RL.4.5

“Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text.”

Questions 11, 12, and 15 to 22 cover stanzas, lines, cast of characters, stage directions, and dialogue with names on the left.

RL.4.6

“Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.”

Questions 1, 2, 8 to 10, and 13 compare the outside narrator of the story with the first-person narrator of the poem.