9.19/21 Compare and Contrast

Compare and Contrast

Show how two or more things are
alike and/ how they are different.

Tuesday, September 19th

What other deep sea creatures do you know about?

Compare

❖ tell what is the same about

two or more things

Open Ended

Compare (how are they alike) an orange and a banana.

Contrast

❖ tell what is different about

two or more things

Open Ended

Contrast (how are they different) an orange and a banana.

Oranges and Bananas

�Oranges are orange.

Bananas are yellow.

�Oranges are round.Bananas are long.

�Oranges have seeds. Bananas are attached.

How is it assessed?

•In what way are the topics of the story and the palm similar?

•How does Anthony in the story differ from the speaker in the poem?

•The ending of the story on the ending of the poem are similar, because both
Anthony and the speaker –

•Grandpa in the story, and the mother in the poem would most likely agree that –

•An idea emphasized throughout the selection is that Rodriguez's indophyte
solution-

•What is one way that Rodriguez's and Jonkers' methods were similar?

•Which sentence from the cure for concrete shows a similar outcome for bio
concrete?

•What is one problem presented about bio concrete that is not presented about
endophyte fungi?

Venn Diagram or Double

Bubble Maps

• It is a great way to organize your

thoughts when you are comparing and
contrasting two reading selections.

• In the middle you put how the two

are alike.

• On the sides you put how the two are

different.

Organizing Your Venn

Diagram or Bubble Map

•have seeds

•orange

•round

•fruit

•can eat it

•have to
peel it

•yellow

•long

•doesn’t have
seeds

What can we compare

and contrast?

• Reading selections or books
• People, shoes, clothing, food
• Objects
• Animals
• Places
• Music
• Events

Multiple Choice

When you COMPARE one thing to another, you explain how the two are

• different

• mysterious

• alike or similar

• interesting

Multiple Choice

When you CONTRAST two things, you explain how they are

• different

• perfect

• the same

• pretty

Dropdown

Contrast China with the Philippines.

Select answer

, China is much bigger than the Philippines.

Dropdown

Contrast Zoey with Missy



Amelia’s dog, Zoey, is ​

Select answer

Missy. Missy likes taking naps while Zoey likes to play.

Multiple Choice

What text structure explains or describes similarities and differences between 2 or more topics or concepts?

• description / main idea

• problem / solution

• chronological/ sequential order

• compare / contrast

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