Standard - RL.5.1:
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Standard - RL.5.2:
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

Standard - RL.5.3:
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

Standard - RL.5.4:
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

Standard - RL.5.5:
Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.

Standard - RL.5.7:
Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

Standard - RL.5.8:
(Not applicable to literature)

Standard - RL.5.9:
Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

Standard - RL.5.10:
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.