Themes by Topic
Alabama 2 Use a range of strategies, including drawing conclusions such as opinions about characters based on their actions and summarizing passages, to comprehend fifth-grade recreational reading materials in a variety of genres.
2.7 Inferring motive of characters
- Literature: "Abduction" by Peg Kehret
- Literature: "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
- Literature: "By the Shores of Silver Lake" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Literature: "Flip-Flop Girl" by Katherine Paterson
- Literature: "Pictures of Hollis Woods" by Patricia Giff
- Literature: "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
- Literature: "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" by Judy Blume
- Literature: "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" by Barbara Robinson
- Literature: "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
- Literature: "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton
- Literature: "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
- Literature: "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
- Literature: "There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom" by Louis Sachar
- Movie: "The Incredibles"
- Reading Skills: Inference for Elementary School Students
- Reading Tips for Parents
- Writing: Character Traits
- Teaching Tips: Reading Comprehension Strategies
