South Dakota ELA 4.RL.7
The Standard
Make connections about the meaning, tone, and mood between the print version of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the same text; support with details and evidence.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read a story or play, then hear or watch the same text performed. They compare its meaning, the speaker's attitude, and the feeling it creates. They use details from both versions.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student points to a phrase on the page and names a voice or visual choice in the performance. They explain how those details give the same scene a similar or different tone or mood.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call a loud voice the mood instead of naming the feeling it creates. They may think a dramatic reading changes what happened, even when the words stay the same.
How to Assess It
- Read aloud a printed passage from Peter Rabbit's chase. Ask, "What do the words tell you about Peter's situation, and how does my reading shape the mood? Quote a phrase and name one voice choice."
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed Peter Rabbit chase passage and read the same lines aloud; students underline tense words and jot voice cues in the margins.
Read the chase quickly, then ask, "Does my pace make Mr. McGregor seem scarier? Cite a phrase and a voice choice."
Read one chase sentence calmly, then urgently; partners hold up tone cards and defend each choice with a word from the page.
Play a library audiobook while students follow the matching page; ask where a pause changes how they picture Peter's escape.
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