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English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 6
Strand - Reading Literature
Cluster - Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
[RL.6.9] - Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
- Genre
Category of text defined by criteria related to structure and style. Examples of literary genres are the essay, novel, and drama. Visual art, film, music, and other disciplines also define various genres. - Massachusetts Anchor Standards for Reading
- Massachusetts Anchor Standards for Reading
- Theme
Central message or abstract concept made concrete through representation in a literary text. Like a thesis, a theme implies a subject and predicate of some kind: for instance, not just vice as a standalone word, but a proposition such as Vice seems more interesting than virtue but turns out to be destructive. Sometimes a theme is directly stated in a work, and sometimes it is revealed indirectly. A single work may have more than one theme. See Main idea, Moral.
[RL.5.9] -
Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries or adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
[RL.7.9] -
Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history.