Essay type: Compare…

prep: collect information:

Hmong refugees in Texas Walt and Thao (Gran Torino)

- help finding work - job in construction
- relationship is built (crescendo - decrescendo) - relationship is built (crescendo to climax)
- financial support - doesn't really support Thao financially
- help with integration (although he gives him tools and the car)
- helps with Thao's integration, but also with
Walt's

1. Introduction:
- Title, author, publishing date, summary of main idea in a sentence
- Film information: title, director, release date, main cast (?), ...
- What are we doing?? - Comparing / looking at similarities and differences / ...
- maybe aspect of 'mentoring'

2. Main body:
Paragraphs!!! for each new point
similarities, then differences or vice versa
Comparative language!! (Structures / language marks!)

3. Conclusion:
should be short, no rambling!
- summary of main ideas, but no new ideas!!
- which is true? - more similarities or more differences?
- what conclusion can you draw?