Standards
Reading Comprehension 3.7 Analyze recognized works of world literature from a variety of authors: b. Relate literary works and authors to the major themes and issues of their eras.
Writing Applications 2.2 Write responses to literature:
a. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the significant ideas in works or
passages.
2.6 Deliver multimedia presentations:
a. Combine text, images, and sound and draw information from many sources
(e.g., television broadcasts, videos, films, newspapers, magazines, CD-ROMs,
the Internet, electronic media-generated images).
Speaking Applications 2.4 Deliver multimedia presentations:
a. Combine text, images, and sound by incorporating information from a wide range of
media, including films, newspapers, magazines, CD-ROMs, online information,
television, videos, and electronic media-generated images.
b. Select an appropriate medium for each element of the presentation.
c. Use the selected media skillfully, editing appropriately and monitoring for quality.
2.5 Recite poems, selections from speeches, or dramatic soliloquies with attention to performance
details to achieve clarity, force, and aesthetic effect and to demonstrate an understanding
of the meaning (e.g., Hamlet’s soliloquy “To Be or Not to Be”).