CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.7

ELAGrades 9–10Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

The Standard

Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts" and Breughel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus).

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Literature

What This Standard Means

Students compare how the same subject, character, event, or scene changes across two art forms, such as a poem and a painting, a story and a film clip, or a play and a photograph. They need to notice choices each creator makes, including focus, mood, detail, point of view, pacing, sound, color, and what gets left out.

Mastery looks like a clear comparison backed by specific evidence from both works. Students should explain how each medium shapes meaning, not just list similarities and differences. Common trouble spots are vague comments like “the movie was better,” missing what is absent, or describing each work separately without connecting them.

Ways to Teach It

Give pairs a poem and related painting, then have them annotate three emphasized details and three missing details on a T-chart.
Ask students to write: How does the film version change your view of this scene, and which choice causes that change?
Show a short clip after reading a scene, then ask students to name one added detail, one omitted detail, and one effect.
Compare a news photo and a written article about the same event, then discuss how each shapes the viewer’s response.