Kentucky Reading and Writing RI.7.7
The Standard
Compare and contrast a print to a non-print version of a text, analyzing each media's portrayal of the subject and its impact on the audience.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare a printed message with a recording or video of the same message. They explain how the words look or sound in each version and how those choices might affect an audience.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student points to a line in print and a specific moment in the recording. They explain how a slow, serious voice makes a routine update sound urgent, even though the words stay the same.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may compare two pieces on the same topic instead of two versions of one message. They may list differences without explaining their effect, or assume a louder voice changes the facts.
How to Assess It
- Print this message: “The field trip bus will arrive 15 minutes late. Please wait in the gym.” Play a recording of those words in a worried tone, then ask students which version makes the delay feel more serious and what detail in each version supports their answer.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed field trip update and a recording of its exact words; have them underline key words and mark the speaker’s pauses.
Ask, “Does the recording make the delay sound more serious than the printed update?” Have partners cite a printed phrase and a vocal choice.
Play evidence match: students pair cards naming print or audio choices with cards naming likely audience reactions, then defend one match.
Show a printed school closure notice and a phone video reading it; students write which makes the closure feel more urgent and why.
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Related Standards
- RL.6.7
Compare and contrast reading a print text and viewing its visual/oral presentation.
- RI.8.7
Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using print and non-print formats for presenting particular topics or ideas.
- RL.7.7
Compare and contrast reading a print text and viewing its visual/oral presentation, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium.
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