Tip #143 from 365 Teacher Secrets for Parents (McKinley, Trombly) - Compare and Contrast
Today's tip for parents from two talented teachers comes from 365 Teacher Secrets for Parents by Cindy McKinley Alder and Patti Trombly.
#143
Compare and Contrast
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
~Rodin
It is becoming increasingly popular to select a much-loved children’s book and transform it into a movie. Given a choice (seeing the movie or reading the book), most children would choose to see the movie. As a parent, you have an opportunity to encourage your child to get the most out of the movie while also increasing writing skills in an authentic way. Take a trip to the library or bookstore with your child and find the book on which a movie was based. Encourage him to read the book either before or after viewing the movie.
After reading the book and viewing the movie, hold a family discussion about the similarities and differences. Which was “better?” Help him compare and contrast the book and movie by assisting him in creating a Venn diagram. (See our website for an example, or make your own by drawing two overlapping circles.) One circle would represent the book and the other the movie. The area in which the two circles overlap in the middle represents the similarities between book and movie where he would write what the book and movie had in common. Outside of the overlapping part, he should write the differences between the two.
If he chose to see the movie first this time, encourage him to read the book first the next time a book is made into a movie. He may find he gets more out of the movie because he has prior knowledge from reading the book. He probably won’t even notice that he is using his comparing and contrasting skills while watching the movie when he has thoughts such as “What happened to…” and “Wait. Where’s the….”
Cindy McKinley Alder Patti Trombly
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