Compare a Story, Script & Performance Choices — Drills · Grade 7 English

Chapter: Discussion, Presentation & Portfolio

What these drills covers

By the end of Compare a Story, Script & Performance Choices you should be able to:

4 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.

Vocabulary used: adaptation, medium, evidence, qualification, revision.

Problem 1

Without opening a model: Explain adaptation in the assigned reading, distinguishing it from a related idea.
Answer and explanation

A version of a text shaped for another form, medium, or audience. An adaptation changes a text for another medium or audience. Establish which event and idea you intend to preserve. A prose narrator can reveal thoughts directly, while a script usually needs dialogue, action, sound, or directions to communicate them.

Use the model to discuss reasoning after an independent attempt. A different accurate supported response can be correct; written work needs human marking.

Problem 2

Without opening a model: Explain how the script communicates a related change with different tools.
Answer and explanation

The story gives readers access to Leila’s internal reflection, while the script presents visible movement, dialogue, and an unplaced card. The audience can infer a gap between her plan and Ari’s view. The change in tools does not make the script identical to the story, but it can communicate a related recognition without a narrator reporting her thoughts.

Use the model to discuss reasoning after an independent attempt. A different accurate supported response can be correct; written work needs human marking.

Problem 3

Without opening a model: Evaluate this claim: “An adaptation is judged only by whether every word is identical.” Explain a correction in context.
Answer and explanation

This claim is misleading. Choose one brief passage to adapt and annotate two choices. A pause may suggest hesitation, but its exact duration is your performance decision unless the original specifies it. Label invented action and avoid presenting it as a fact of the source. The story gives readers access to Leila’s internal reflection, while the script presents visible movement, dialogue, and an unplaced card. The audience can infer a gap between her plan and Ari’s view. The change in tools does not make the script identical to the story, but it can communicate a related recognition without a narrator reporting her thoughts.

Use the model to discuss reasoning after an independent attempt. A different accurate supported response can be correct; written work needs human marking.

Problem 4

Without opening a model: Can a performer add a pause while preserving the script?
Answer and explanation

Yes. A supported pause can emphasize the recognition, but it remains a performance interpretation. Explain the effect and do not claim the original gives an exact duration.

Use the model to discuss reasoning after an independent attempt. A different accurate supported response can be correct; written work needs human marking.

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