CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.7
The Standard
Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium's portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words).
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Informational Text
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify what information and emphasis stay the same when a subject moves from print to audio or video. They explain how voice, pacing, sound, images, and editing change the audience’s understanding or response.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student cites exact words from the print version and specific production choices from the other version. The student explains how those choices shape meaning, tone, emphasis, or impact, rather than only listing differences.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may make a simple list of similarities and differences without discussing their effects. They may name music, images, pacing, or tone without explaining how those choices shape meaning or impact.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short speech excerpt and a one-minute recording. Ask: “Name one delivery choice and explain how it changes the impact of a specific line.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed speech transcript and its video; students color-code pauses, emphasis, camera shots, and matching lines, then label each effect.
Write: Which version makes the speaker’s message more convincing, and which two delivery choices most shape that effect?
Run a card sort matching transcript lines with audio or video choices, then award points for accurate effect explanations.
Compare a local news article with its television segment, noting what each includes, omits, or emphasizes for its audience.
Learning progression
Where This Standard Sits
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