COMPARE: POINTING OUT SIMILARITIESCONTRAST: POINTING OUT

DIFFERENCES

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BLOCK STYLE

Discuss all details of item #1

Discuss all details of item #2

How similar? How different?

BLOCK STYLE

I. To Kill a Mockingbird A. Setting B. Defendant/ charged with C. Lawyer D. VerdictII. A Time to Kill A. Setting B. Defendant/ charged with C. Lawyer D. Verdict

To Kill a Mockingbird & A Time to Kill

POINT BY POINTI. Setting A. TKAM B. ATTKII. Defendants A. TKAM B. ATTKIII. Lawyers A. TKAM B. ATTKIV. Verdict A. TKAM B. ATTK

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

CONTRAST the NOVEL and the MOVIEWhich format is BEST suited?I. BLOCKII.POINT BY POINT

LOOK AT YOUR VENN DIAGRAMDo you have a balanced number similarities and differences?

Are there more similarities?Are there more differences?Analyze which are more important…the similarities or differences?

PICK A FORMAT

LOOK AT YOUR 3-COLUMNDo you have a balanced number of similarities and differences?

Are there more similarities?Are there more differences?Analyze which are more important.

PICK A FORMAT

TKAM/ATTKBalanced informationUse a point by point format for organizing

your details.THESIS STATEMENT-While these books have different settings

and different trials, both To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and A Time to Kill by John Grisham involve cases where rape and racism are important elements.

TKAM: the novel/the movieThe main difference is plot; scenes are

omitted in the movie. You could list a few of these, but then what? List some scenes that are in both? Nah….

This wouldn’t involve much analysis!Could you discuss narration?Could you discuss visuals? Were you trying

to picture scenes in your mind as you read?

Block style might work best!What would your thesis statement be? In my opinion the book/movie is better than

the movie/book because …Be sure you do more than just list scenes

from the book that don’t make it into the movie.

You must discuss/elaborate!

To Kill a Mockingbird – 1960A Time to Kill - 1989

Compare – pointing out similaritiesContrast – pointing out differences

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