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Delaware 2.4bL Students will be able to demonstrate an overall understanding of literary texts by identifying the story elements (e.g., characters, setting, and plot) and story structures (conflict, resolution, cause/effect).
2.4bL.1 Identify the main character in a story or poem
- Literature: "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Literature: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
- Literature: "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" by Roald Dahl
- Literature: "Christmas Magic" by Patricia Hermes
- Literature: "Flat Stanley" by Jeff Brown
- Literature: "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli
- Literature: "George Washington's Socks" by Elvira Woodruff
- Literature: "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
- Literature: "Math Curse" by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
- Literature: "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Richard and Florence Atwater
- Literature: "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse
- Literature: "Sarah, Plain and Tall" and "Skylark" by Patricia Maclachlan
- Literature: "Sideways Stories from Wayside School" by Louis Sachar
- Literature: "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
- Literature: "The Crayon Box That Talked" by Shane DeRolf
- Literature: "The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System" by Joanna Cole
- Literature: Online Stories for Children
