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Read Write Think: Cover to Cover: Comparing Books to Movies Lesson PlanRead Write Think: Cover to Cover: Comparing Books to Movies Lesson Plan
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ReadWriteThink
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6th - 8th
Subjects
21 Century Skills
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Instructional Strategy
Independent Practice
Lexile Measures
1450L
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Read Write Think: Cover to Cover: Comparing Books to Movies

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A 7-lesson unit where students critically analyze how a film adaptation portrays a novel to see what impact it had on the retell of the story. They then design a movie DVD cover and write a DVD insert based on what they have learned. The unit includes a recommended list of books and films, an interactive DVD cover creator, and various printouts. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.2

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

compare and contrast, film analysis

Additional Tags

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Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

Common Core

RL.6.7 RL.7.7 RL.8.7 CCRA.SL.2

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