Identify plot structure and describe main story elements in a literary text.
Clarifications
Clarification 1: Main story elements for the purpose of this benchmark are the setting, characters, and sequence of events of a story.Clarification 2: For setting, students will describe where and when the events of the story are happening. The time element of setting will be addressed even when not explicitly indicated in the text.
Clarification 3: For character, student’s will describe characters’ traits, feelings, and behaviors.
General Information
Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.)
Grade: 2
Strand: Reading
Standard: Reading Prose and Poetry
Date Adopted or Revised: 08/20
Status: State Board Approved
Related Courses
This benchmark is part of these courses.
5010020: Basic Skills in Reading-K-2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2021, 2021 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
5010030: Functional Basic Skills in Communications-Elementary (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
5010043: Language Arts - Grade Two (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2021, 2021 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
7710013: Access Language Arts - Grade 2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5011020: Library Skills/Information Literacy Grade 2 (Specifically in versions: 2016 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
5010024: Basic Skills in Reading 3-5 (Specifically in versions: 2021 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
5010102: Introduction to Debate Grade 2 (Specifically in versions: 2020 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
5010013: English for Speakers of Other Languages Grade 2 (Specifically in versions: 2021 and beyond (current))
Related Access Points
Alternate version of this benchmark for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
ELA.2.R.1.AP.1: Sequence and describe main elements in a literary text.
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Lesson Plans
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Student Center Activities
Original Student Tutorials for Language Arts - Grades K-5
Exploring Stories:
Identify story elements in multiple versions of Cinderella and then compare and contrast the story elements in this interactive tutorial.
Piecing Together Details:
Answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions to demonstrate understanding of the elements of a story in this interactive tutorial.
Student Resources
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Original Student Tutorials
Exploring Stories:
Identify story elements in multiple versions of Cinderella and then compare and contrast the story elements in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Piecing Together Details:
Answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions to demonstrate understanding of the elements of a story in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
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