How does seeing or hearing a story change how we understand its characters and events after reading it?
Adaptive Perseverance: Try to understand both written and visual/oral stories, even if it feels new.
Learner’s Mindset: Stay curious about how stories change in different formats.
Communication: Discuss and write about differences in how stories are told.
Responsibility: Respect different ways people tell or show a story.
Global Citizenship: Recognize that stories can be shared in many ways around the world.
Critical Thinking: Analyze why certain details are changed or highlighted in different versions.
Collaboration: Work with classmates to compare and discuss stories in different formats.
What details do we notice in a story that we might miss in a movie or play?
How do actors or illustrators show what a character is feeling?
Why might a visual or oral version change something from the original text?
Students will compare details from the written text and a visual/oral version, noting similarities and differences.
Students will explain how visual or oral elements show characters’ feelings or actions.
Students will describe reasons for changes made in visual/oral versions compared to the original text.
RL.4.7: Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.
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