Compare and contrast

1. Read the story "Cloudy W/ A Chance of Meatballs" with your students.

2. Have your students make observations about what they have heard or read.

3. Have a group discussion on what parts might be in the movie -- what parts might not. (remember some students have seen the trailer)

4. Watch the trailer with your students --
http://www.cloudywithachanceofmeatballs.com/

5. Have a group discussion on what similarities they saw and what they noticed that was different.

6. Discuss why these differences might have occured as well as why certain parts were kept within the movie.

7. Show pictures from the book and have your students observe the trailer again to see which images appear in the trailer.

8. If possible, see the movie, and expand the compare and contrast conversations even more.

9. Create an observation list of your class discussion and post it to the Participation Form.

10. Email other classrooms that participate and invite them to continue the conversation via email, skype, or chat.

This project is now over
Final Results in Excel Format -- Click HERE
1,551 Students Involved
83 Classrooms

WORKSHEETS
Compare Book/Trailer (older students)
Compare Book/Trailer (younger students)
Venn Diagram

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