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Lesson Plan: Compare and Contrast
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Compare and Contrast
Objective
Objective
I can compare and contrast
information from a text using
clue words/phrases.
1. What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To compare means to look for... in a text.
To contrast means to look for... in a text.
2. Why is it important to compare and contrast?
It is important to compare and contrast so we know ...
Essential questions
Write/draw/create
to show the definition of the following words:
- Compare
- Contrast
Think Back
Definitions
Compare: What is the same.
Contrast: What is different.
When we compare and contrast we need to use
reading strategies.
How do we compare and contrast?
3. Use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the text.
2. Read each text again and circle or underline (color)
what is the same, and what is different.
1. Read the text and underline important
information.
- Read the text about solar and nuclear energy.
- Read the text again and underline clue words/phrases that are similar and different between solar and nuclear energy.
- Then, complete a Venn Diagram.
Let's Practice
READ
CLUES
Complete a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting solar and nuclear energy.
Nuclear
Solar
both
VENN
Wrap Up
When we compare and contrast we use reading strategies to find the similarities and differences from text/s.
Wrap it Up
Why is this important again?
This helps us better understand what we are reading!
Prove it!
Show off your new skill!
Using the information listed in your Venn Diagram, describe the comparison or contrast between solar and nuclear energy and restate it in one sentence on your poster strip.
Use these starters to help you:
Solar energy is the same as nuclear energy because...
Both solar and nuclear energy are...
Solar energy is ..., but nuclear energy is...
Nuclear energy is different to solar energy because...