Compare and Contrast Reading Passages

What was our focus this week?

• Videos

• Text Structures

• Venn Diagrams

• Similarities and Differences

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which one of the text structures did we learn about?

• Cause & Effect

• Sequence

• Description

• Compare & Contrast

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What does "compare" mean?

• Find the similarities

• Find the similarities and differences

• Find the clue words

• Find differences

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does "contrast" mean?

• It's the same as compare

• Find the similarities

• Find the differences and similarities

• Find the differences

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What do we look for according to our strategy?

• Clue words

• Similarities and Differences

• Compare and Contrast

• Two events, ideas, concepts, or information

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the purpose of a Compare and Contrast Text Structure?

• To present a problem and solution

• To use clue words

• To show the similarities and differences between two things

• To eventually create a Venn diagram

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What clue words indicate compare and contrast?

• For example, in particular, in addition

• In contrast, instead, both, however

• as a result, because of, due to

• First, second, next, then, finally

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What does structure mean?

• The stanzas

• The way information is organized

• The paragraphs

• The bottom of a building

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What two things are being compared and contrasted in the passage?

• Plains people and The Inuit

• North America and the Arctic region

• Trick question! There isn't anything being compared or contrasted

• Tipis and Igloos

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which of the following is NOT a clue word for compare and contrast from the passage?

• "While"

• "Both"

• "However"

• In fact

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5