Senior Comparative Paragraph Structure

When we are writing our TOPIC SENTENCE, we need to make sure that it is:

• Character-based

• Explicit to a text

• Thematic/theme-based

What is the name of the approach that we are taking to forming our paragraphs?

• Blocked paragraph

• Compare the pair

• Double up

• Woven method

What comes immediately AFTER our topic sentence?

• Evidence from Text #1

• Further specification/explanation of topic sentence

• Comparison between both texts

• Linking sentence

What are the two texts that we are studying in this unit?

• 12 Angry Men (Rose)

• To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee)

• To Kill a Mockingbird (Mulligan)

• Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)

What should we be using as quotes?

• Dialogue/conversation from the texts

• Stage directions

• Worded descriptions of the setting/s

• Character names

In what year was the film 'To Kill a Mockingbird' released?

• 1960

• 1961

• 1962

• 1997

In what city is '12 Angry Men' set?

What is the name of the town in which 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is set?

In which decade is '12 Angry Men' set?

• 1940s

• 1950s

• 1960s

• 2010s

How should our basic TEEL structure look when comparing two texts?

• T.E.E.E.E.E.L

• T.E.E.L

• T.E.E.E.L

• T.E.E.E.E.L