Book Versus Movie Comparison Analysis Project

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Added this to my novel study unit with Harry Potter and the Philosopher stone and it was great! super easy to add and implement. completely ready to use.
I really like this book to movie comparison. I love how it includes an assessment for all four strands of language (and includes choice of activity for media literacy) and includes success criteria!
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Description

Book Versus Movie Assignment | PDF and Digital Formats: Use this Book Versus Movie Analysis Project to help students gain higher-order thinking skills as they compare their favourite book to the movie. Students will select a book to read that has been made into a movie. Then, they will complete a series of assignments to demonstrate their understanding of both the book and the movie.

Students will compare and contrast the novel and movie's plot, characters, setting, and theme. Each section of the assignment includes a due date option to ensure that the assignment is presented in "sections" to students and to space out your marking load.

Assignment Includes:

  • Reading Assignment
  • Writing Assignment
  • Oral Assignment
  • Media Assignment
  • 5 Reading-Focused Graphic Organizers
  • Book vs. Movie Suggestion List
  • 4 Success Criteria Based Rubrics (Reading, Writing, Oral and Media)
  • 1 Points-Based Assessment
  • Individual PDFs for Google Classroom or other LMS providers
  • Google Slides format for 1:1 technology classrooms
  • Curriculum Alignment - Grades 6 - 8 Ontario & Common Core

Teacher Feedback

  1. "I used the assignments to assess my students to compare and contrast the The Lightning Thief book and movie. Through the assignments, I could really see what my students had learned!"
  2. "Very engaging! Thanks for such a thorough product that I love, and my students will respond to!"
  3. "They always want to watch the movie. This assignment provides the perfect activity!"
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Standards

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Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

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