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Doing Business with Adaptations B: Why So Many Adaptations? Lesson Plan

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Doing Business with Adaptations B: Why So Many Adaptations?

Art inspires art! How does the market drive the world of film adaptations? Studying the economic and social factors of film adaptations helps young readers discover why there are so many adaptations of printed texts. Additionally, they examine the ways the novel or source material for these adaptations is impacted by the process.

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CCSS: Adaptable

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primary source analysis, primary sources, adaptations

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Grade

9th - 12th

Subjects

English Language Arts

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Instructional Strategy

Collaborative Learning

Common Core

RL.11-12.7 RL.9-10.7

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