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Comparing and Contrasting: Picturing an Organizational Pattern
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| Grades | 6 – 8 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Two 50-minute sessions |
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Provo, Utah |
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MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
- Picture books that are organized in comparison/contrast patterns. Suggested titles which can be used as mentor texts for this lesson include the following:
- The Yellow House: Vincent Van Gogh & Paul Gauguin Side by Side by Susan Goldman Rubin (Harry Abrams: 2001)
- The Journey: Stories of Migration by Cynthia Rylant (Blue Sky Press (Scholastic Imprint): 2006)
- George vs. George: The American Revolution as seen from Both Sides by Rosalyn Schanzer (Scholastic: 2004)
- John, Paul, George, & Ben by Lane Smith. (Hyperion: 2006)
- The Yellow House: Vincent Van Gogh & Paul Gauguin Side by Side by Susan Goldman Rubin (Harry Abrams: 2001)
- Board or chart paper and writing instruments
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
The Compare & Contrast Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to organize and outline their ideas for different kinds of comparison essays.
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
The Comparison and Contrast Guide outlines the characteristics of the genre and provides direct instruction on the methods of organizing, gathering ideas, and writing comparison and contrast essays.
PRINTOUTS
Comparison and Contrast Rubric
PREPARATION
- Preview the Sample Mentor Texts.
- Have copies of the books available for students to review in small groups.
- Prepare Venn Diagram or Compare and Contrast Chart Graphic Organizer handouts for students’ use.
- Make sure students have completed most of the inquiry stage of the writing process on a comparison/contrast paper and are ready to begin drafting.
- Test the ReadWriteThink Comparison and Contrast Guide and Interactive Venn Diagram on your computers to familiarize yourself with the tools and ensure that you have the Flash plug-in installed. You can download the plug-in from the technical support page.
- (optional) Consider teaching ReadWriteThink’s lessons Creative Communication Frames: Discovering Similarities between Writing and Art and/or Exploring Compare and Contrast Structure in Expository Texts in preparation for this lesson.