4th Grade Reading - Analyze Text

Main Idea/Theme

Identify the main idea and supporting details in a passage

Main Ideas and Supporting Details (lesson plan) - The student will locate information in a nonfiction book or article, identifying the main ideas and supporting details.

Support Evidence

Distinguish between important and unimportant information in a story

Conclusions

Make inferences about a character's feelings based on information read and known

Cause/Effect

Determine cause and effect of relationships based on text

Compare/Contrast

Analyze similarities and differences in characters or events

Story Elements/Character

Make inferences about and analyze characters

Inferring Character Traits (lesson plan) - to recognize character traits and relationships among characters, to recognize changes in traits and relationships as the book progresses

Story Elements/Setting

Make inferences about and analyze the setting

Story Elements/Plot

Identify and make inferences about the important events in the beginning, middle, and end of a story and analyze the plot

Parts of A Plot (lesson plan) - The student will identify the elements of the plot of a story.

Literary Techniques

Read and be exposed to a variety of literary techniques such as figurative language, poetry, imagery, and humor (techniques should include idioms, metaphors, and similes)

Nonfiction Elements

Recognize prose writing that presents and explains ideas that tell about real people, places, objects, or events by reading biographies, essays, newspaper articles, etc.