Comparing+a+Movie+and+a+Book

1. Go to this website to see how to organize a comparison/contrast assignment. http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/compcontrast/ You should click on all the tabs above to see all the elements that you will need to write a comparison/contrast paper.

2. Next, print out the graphic organizer from this page and use it to compare the book to the movie. http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson275/compcon_chart.pdf (click on the link to get to the document, which you can print out.)

3. Think about **2 or 3** areas, but probably no more than 4 that you would like to compare in the book and movie. These areas could be the characters, the setting (where the movie takes place), the events (are they the same in the movie and the book), and the atmosphere (the images created by the descriptions in the book, and the cinematography in the movie).

4. Now you are ready to organize your essay. Here is a __suggested__ outline of your comparison/contrast essay.

__Introduction:__ Introduce book and movie (name, main characters and setting) and give your thesis. You may also say in your thesis how you are going to organize your essay (block or point-by-point organization)

__Body Paragraphs:__ 1. The number of body paragraphs will depend on how many areas of comparison you are writing about. For example, if you want to compare three areas between the book and the movie, then your body paragraphs should be 3. If you choose to compare four areas, then you will have 4 body paragraphs. 2. Decide if you want to use point by point or block. If you use point by point, then your body paragraphs should look like this:-

Example: **Point by point  ** Body Paragraph 1: Characters in movie and characters in book Body Paragraph 2: Setting in movie and setting in book Body Paragraph 3: Events in movie and events in book

Example: block organization

Body paragraph 1: Characters, setting and events Compare the characters, setting and events **only** in the novel. Body Paragraph 2: Characters, setting and events Compare the characters settings and events **only** in the movie.

__Conclusion:__ Write a conclusion in which you can either restate the thesis, summarize the main points, give your own opinion about either the movie or the book, and then perhaps give some suggestions to the reader.

You can click on the link below to see an example of a essay comparing the book and movie __Little Women. [|little women book vs movie.doc]__