ELA.7.R.3.3

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Compare and contrast how authors with differing perspectives address the same or related topics or themes.

Clarifications

Clarification 1: The term perspective means “a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something.”
General Information
Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.)
Grade: 7
Strand: Reading
Standard: Reading Across Genres
Date Adopted or Revised: 08/20
Status: State Board Approved

Related Courses

This benchmark is part of these courses.
1001040: M/J Language Arts 2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
1001050: M/J Language Arts 2 Advanced (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
1002010: M/J Language Arts 2 Through ESOL (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
1006010: M/J Journalism 2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
1007010: M/J Speech and Debate 2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2019, 2019 - 2021, 2021 and beyond (current))
1009010: M/J Creative Writing 2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
1009040: M/J Writing 2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
1100000: M/J Library Skills/Information Literacy (MC) (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
7810012: Access M/J Language Arts 2  (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
1002181: M/J Developmental Language Arts Through ESOL (Reading) (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
1000012: M/J Intensive Reading 2 (Specifically in versions: 2021 and beyond (current))

Related Access Points

Alternate version of this benchmark for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
ELA.7.R.3.AP.3: Compare and contrast how two authors with different perspectives view the same theme in a text with grade-level appropriate content at the student’s skill level.

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Lesson Plans

Women's Suffrage speeches: Opposing Perspectives on Women's Suffrage:

In this lesson, students will read two poems on the subject of women’s suffrage but from opposing viewpoints. They will identify and explain how the rhetorical devices in the texts support the authors' perspectives.

There are three lessons that can be used to complement a study of Women's Suffrage speeches and help students take a new perspective by merging ELA skills with civics knowledge.

Type: Lesson Plan

Freedom Walkers: Lesson 3 How Far Does Freedom Reach?:

This lesson is for Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. As part of this lesson, students will consider constitutionally guaranteed individual rights, compare direct quotations demonstrating the perspective of major figures that were part of the Montgomery Bus Boycotts to quotations from the author regarding the same event, and wrap up by analyzing/ discussing whether the events were or were not part of the individual’s protected rights based on both perspectives.

This resource uses a book that is on the Florida Department of Education's reading list. This book is not provided with this resource.

Type: Lesson Plan

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