Standard - RL.2.1:
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Standard - RL.2.2:
Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

Standard - RL.2.3:
Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Standard - RL.2.4:
Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

Standard - RL.2.5:
Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

Standard - RL.2.6:
Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.

Standard - RL.2.7:
Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

Standard - RL.2.8:
(Not applicable to literature)

Standard - RL.2.9:
Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures.

Standard - RL.2.10:
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

Standard - RL.2.11:
Make connections between self, text, and the world around them (text, media, social interaction).