Compare and Contrast

Which graphic organizer can be used for compare and contrast?

• Timeline

• Venn Diagram

• Flowchart

• T-Chart

Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in a many different colors and flavors. Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Though both of these flavors are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually will not. Even though more chocolate ice-cream is sold across the country annually than strawberry, each flavor tastes great inside of a milk shake.  What two things are being compared and contrasted?

• chocolate and strawberry ice cream

• vanilla and chocolate ice cream

• pizza and chips

• soda and water

Differences and similarities of two or more things are discussed

• Cause and Effect

• Descriptive

• Compare and Contrast

• Sequence/Process

_{^{What two things are being compared in this picture?}}

• apples and oranges

• grapes and bananas

what type of story structure looks at similarities and differences of a text?

• compare and contrast

• sequence

What do we call the graphic organizer used to compare and contrast?

• 2 Circles

• Circle Chart

• Circle Diagram

• Venn Diagram

What does it mean to compare/contrast?

• to tell what is alike and what is the same.

• to tell what is different

• to tell us what is the same.

• to tell what is alike and what is different.

The key word both can be used to…

• Contrast

• Compare

The key word different can be used to…

• Contrast

• Compare

Which sentence compares lions and tigers?

• The average lion weighs 180kg, but the average tiger weights 220kg.

• Both lions and tigers grow to 2.4 meters in length.

• Lions are native to Africa. Tigers, however, are native to Asia.