This document provides directions for students to compare a novel they have read to its film adaptation. It includes a chart for students to take notes on characters, additions, deletions, relationships, themes, and plot between the novel and film. Students will use their notes to write a 3 paragraph essay arguing whether the novel or film provides a better intellectual and emotional experience of the story.
This document provides directions for students to compare a novel they have read to its film adaptation. It includes a chart for students to take notes on characters, additions, deletions, relationships, themes, and plot between the novel and film. Students will use their notes to write a 3 paragraph essay arguing whether the novel or film provides a better intellectual and emotional experience of the story.
This document provides directions for students to compare a novel they have read to its film adaptation. It includes a chart for students to take notes on characters, additions, deletions, relationships, themes, and plot between the novel and film. Students will use their notes to write a 3 paragraph essay arguing whether the novel or film provides a better intellectual and emotional experience of the story.
This document provides directions for students to compare a novel they have read to its film adaptation. It includes a chart for students to take notes on characters, additions, deletions, relationships, themes, and plot between the novel and film. Students will use their notes to write a 3 paragraph essay arguing whether the novel or film provides a better intellectual and emotional experience of the story.
DIRECTIONS: You have read the novel, and you will need to watch the film. It is time to do some critical thinking about the two. Use the chart below as a model for the type of entries you will do on your paper while watching the film. Novel
Film
Characters Descriptions: How were they described in the book? Did they look the way you thought they were going to in the movie? Additions: What did they add to the movie that wasnt in the book? What was in the book but wasnt in the movie? Deletions: What was deleted from the movie? Was there anything in the movie that should have been in the book? Relationships: How did the movie/book portray the relationships between the characters? Was the movie accurate in the portrayal? Theme: What themes were present in each? Which was portrayed the strongest? Plot: How did the author/director tell the story? In order? With Flashbacks? When? Why?
At the end, you will be writing up a 3-paragraph comparison essay, arguing for the film or novel version of the story as the better intellectual and emotional work. This must be typed and printed and handed in.
