Author Adaptation of Sources
Grade 9•45 minutes•RL.9-10.9 Analyze how an author adopts or adapts source material in a specific work.
Learning Objective
I can evaluate the impact of an author's choices to adopt or adapt source material on the meaning of a text.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 12 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Define "source material" in the context of literary adaptation.
2. What does it mean for an author to "transform" source material? Give an example of a transformation discussed in the video.
3. Explain the difference between "adaptation" and simply retelling a story.
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Educational Video
How Authors Draw on and Transform Source Material
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