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

Chapter: Discussion, Presentation & Portfolio

What this practice covers

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

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

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

Problem 1

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

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

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

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.

Problem 5

Develop an independent response: Explain how the script communicates a related change with different tools. Locate two useful details or choices, and explain one limit or alternative.
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 6

Answer this transfer question: Can a performer add a pause while preserving the script? Test your answer against a second detail or a fresh sentence, explaining whether it needs qualification.
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.

Problem 7

Explain adaptation in your own words and give an example from the assigned reading or a fresh sentence.
Answer and explanation

A version of a text shaped for another form, medium, or audience. The unit case offers this example to examine: 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. Identify the wording or choice that fits the term. A different accurate example is acceptable.

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

Problem 8

Explain medium in your own words and give an example from the assigned reading or a fresh sentence.
Answer and explanation

The form through which meaning is communicated, such as prose, a script, or performance. The unit case offers this example to examine: 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. Identify the wording or choice that fits the term. A different accurate example is acceptable.

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

Problem 9

Correct the misleading statement “An adaptation is judged only by whether every word is identical.” and explain a detail that makes your correction necessary.
Answer and explanation

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. 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 10

Correct the misleading statement “A performance choice is automatically part of the original text.” and explain a detail that makes your correction necessary.
Answer and explanation

Compare The Unfinished Sign with A Quiet Minute. The script makes the quiet-room problem audible through a hammer and makes the revised information visible through a lamp. Explain the new medium’s method rather than merely count changed words. 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.

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