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English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 8

Strand - Reading Literature

Cluster - Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

[RL.8.7] - Analyze the extent to which an audio, filmed, or staged production of a story, drama, or poem stays faithful to or departs from the original, evaluating the choices made by the director or performer(s).

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  • Analysis (Analyze)
    In general, a careful examination of the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another; in language arts, a study of how words, sentences, paragraphs, stanzas, or sections of a text affect its meaning.
  • Drama
    Literature in the form of a script intended for performance before an audience; also called theatre or a play when written for the stage. A drama usually presents its story largely through the dialogue and actions of its characters.
  • Evaluate
    Judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of something. See Assess
  • Massachusetts Anchor Standards for Reading
  • Poem/poetry
    Creative response to experience reflecting a keen awareness of language, often characterized by a rhyme scheme or by rhythm far more regular than that of prose.

Predecessor Standards:

  • RL.7.7
    Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version.

Successor Standards:

  • RL.9-10.7
    Analyze a critical response to a work or body of literature (e.g., author documentary, book review); provide a summary of the argument presented and evaluate the strength of the evidence supporting it.

Same Level Standards:

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