1. QuickWrite
On your own sheet of paper, write your MLA heading at the top. Your assignment title is Short Stories vs Films. After the assignment title, skip a line and answer the following questions in 3-4 complete sentences.
Why is it important to understand the different between print versions of literature and film versions of literature?
Would you rather read the story first, & then watch the movie? Or do you like to watch the movie first, & then read the story? Why?
If you had to choose only one, which version do you prefer, print or film? Why?

2. Short Movies vs. Short Stories
Short Stories Unit
Short Movies vs. Short Stories

3. Under Your Quickwrite Response...
...create 2 venn diagrams. Each diagram needs to be large enough for 3 bullet points in each section.
Label the first venn diagram “The Landlady”. Label the second venn diagram, “The Tell Tale Heart”.
One circle needs to be titled, “Print.” The other circle needs to be titled, “Film”.
During each film, complete your venn diagram. Remember, 3 bullet points per film.
Print
Film

4. “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl
The Landlady short film

5. “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe
The Tell Tale Heart Short Film

6. When you are finished… Make sure all of the Venn Diagram is completed.
On your paper, answer the following question in three to four sentences:
Which film version of the stories did you think most closely followed the events in the text and which film version did you enjoy the most and why?
When you are finished, leave your paper in the in-box and go back to working on your idiom extra credit.