Sean+Griffin

Good choice... The Hunger Games. I look forward to reading your comparison.

10/28/15 Hailey and I have moved onto the next book in our two part project. We are going to read and compare The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. After finishing this we plan to create our project to present for the class at the end on the quarter, before proceeding into SAT prep. This week Hailey and I will finish the book and we will watch the movie on Wednesday and finish the powerpoint on Thursday and Friday in time for the end of the quarter.

10/19/15 The differeneces in the book and the movie Marley and Me were very noticeable. It wasn't hard for Hailey and I to point out the changes made when the book was converted to a film. For example, the book opens with the narrator describing his perfect dog, Shaun, but in the movie the main character, John, says he'd never had a dog before. Also, the adoption process was different. The farm that was described in the book was not like the one they went to in the movie. And in total, the focus of the movie isn't the dog, it was the relationship between John and Jenny. These differences, for the most part, didn't affect the plot line, aside from the shifted focus of John and Jenny's relationship. We are looking forward to looking more into the process of book to movie filming.

I really like the last sentence of your journal. Use this space to keep track of those details here in the journal. I liked sitting down and discussing the book with you, but I need you include some of the content of those discussions here in your journal. I look forward to hearing about your next book/movie comparison.

Journal Entry #3 10/5/15

Hailey and I have completed the reading and watching of Marley and Me. It took us a few days to get through the film in class, due to the outdated technology and issues with renting the film. However, we managed to watch the entire length of the film in class. As we watched, we verbally communicated parts we noticed were different between the novel and the movie. Today, after the journal entry, Hailey and I will continue our discussion and planning of our final project. We are excited to pick another book to compare. We are looking forward to creating the final project so we can identify the main details left out of the movies and how they effect people's opinions that books are better than films.

Hi Sean, Sounds like you and Hailey are making good progress. Keep it up! What characteristics will you compare between the book and movie? I look forward to finding out which you preferred and why.

Journal Entry #2 9/23/15

So far, we have been reading Marley and Me. I have finished reading most of the book and we are preparing ourselves for our comparison discussion. The book has many details in it and I feel the movie will change them a bit. Today, we are watching the movie. We will recall the events from the book and how they changed when converted into film. We are planning out the basic topics we will be discussing. After we finish our film and books, we will have a discussion keeping notes so we can share what we found in our final project. Afterwards we will move on to the next set of book and movie.