CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.7
The Standard
Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Literature
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read a scene, then study an illustration or listen to or watch a presentation of it. They match specific visual, spoken, or acted details to words and directions in the text.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students point to exact words, descriptions, or stage directions and match them to a visual or spoken choice. They can also explain when a presentation adds, changes, or leaves out a detail.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose a favorite version instead of comparing details. They may name features from the illustration or performance without linking them to exact words, or mistake added details for information in the text.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short scene and one illustration of it. Ask, “Which detail in the illustration matches the scene, and which words support your answer?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs text-detail cards and illustration cards to match, then have them underline the words that support each match.
Ask students to write which actor choice best fits a character’s feelings and cite one line that supports their answer.
Play Match or Mismatch by showing images beside short passages while teams identify whether each image follows the written details.
Compare a picture-book page with its read-aloud video, then note how the narrator’s voice changes the mood described in the words.
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