Kentucky Reading and Writing RI.8.7
The Standard
Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using print and non-print formats for presenting particular topics or ideas.
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 source with a video, audio clip, or interactive screen on the same topic. They explain which format works better for a particular audience or purpose, and what each makes harder to understand.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a printed diagram and a short animation about earthquakes, a student points to details each shows well. They choose the better format for showing movement over time and name a drawback of that choice.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may say video is always better because it is more interesting. Some judge whether the information is true instead of how the format presents it. Others name a strength but overlook limits, such as a video's pace or print's lack of motion.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Compare a printed bus timetable with a transit app showing live arrivals for catching a delayed bus; name one benefit and one limit of each.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed paper boat instructions and a folding video; have them fold one boat with each and mark which steps were clearer.
Ask, “Would a printed flood evacuation map or a 30-second warning video help newcomers more, and what would each leave out?”
Play Format Match: teams compare a printed earthquake timeline and an animation, then score a point for each specific strength and weakness.
Show a printed store flyer and the store's current website; students check a sale price and name one risk with each source.
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Related Standards
- RI.6.7
Integrate information presented in print and non-print formats to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
- RL.6.7
Compare and contrast reading a print text and viewing its visual/oral presentation.
- RI.7.7
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.
- 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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