Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (6) 8 : 8 ) Differentiate among odes, ballads, epic poetry, and science fiction. (Alabama)
[ELA2015] (7) 5 : 5 ) Analyze how a drama's or poem's form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning. [RL.7.5]
[ELA2015] (8) 8 : 8 ) Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new. [RL.8.9]
[ELA2015] (8) 9 : 9 ) By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of Grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently. [RL.8.10]