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Compare and Contrast

• Same and Different

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Compare

• tell what is the same about two or more things

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Oranges and Bananas

• You eat both of them.
• They are both fruits.
• You have to peel both of them.

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Contrast

• tell what is different about two or more things

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Oranges and Bananas

• Oranges are orange. Bananas are yellow.
• Oranges are round. Bananas are long.
• Oranges have seeds. Bananas dont have seeds.

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Double Bubble Maps/ Venn Diagram

• It is a great way to organize your thoughts when
  you are comparing and contrasting two things.
• In the middle you put how the two objects are
  alike.
• On the sides you put how the objects are
  different.

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Organizing Your Bubble Map

• fruit
• can eat it
• have to peel it

• yellow
• long
• doesnt have seeds

• have seeds
• orange
• round

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What can we compare and contrast?

• Books
• People
• Objects
• Animals
• Places
• Music
• Events

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What are the signal words?
Contrast
Compare

• different from
• in contrast
• although
• more than
• less than
• instead of
• however
• on the other hand
• on the contrary
• as opposed to
• but not
• while
• unless

same as alike not onlybut also eitheror likewise
similarly similar to compared with as well
as resemble
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Compares and contrasts the similarities and
differences between two things
Compare
Compare
Contrast
Contrast
same as alike not onlybut also eitheror likewise
similarly similar to compared with as well
as resemble

• on the other hand
• on the contrary
• as opposed to
• but not
• while
• unless

• different from
• in contrast
• although
• more than
• less than
• instead of
• however

(Adapted from Tompkins, 2006)
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Review

• Compare same
• Contrast different
• Organize ideas using a double bubble map

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Compare and Contrast

• Seasons of the Year

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• Think about the four seasons
• Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
• How are these seasons alike? How are they
  different?
• Think about the months in each season, the
  holidays in each season, and the activities you
  might do in each season.

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Fall
Spring

• Now watch as we compare two seasons Fall and
  Spring
• Click on each fact to see where it belongs in the
  Venn Diagram.

April Halloween seasons October Easter
trees changing it gets warmer outside it
gets colder outside
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• Now its your turn!
• Choose two seasons and compare and contrast them
  using this Venn Diagram.
• Extend
• Write a comparative paper using your Venn Diagram.

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Now its your turn!!!

• Choose one of the pairs below to compare and
  contrast on your own.
• basketball and football (two sports)
• summer and winter (two seasons)
• teacher and student (two people)
• fork and spoon (two objects)