Learners will listen to historic news events as broadcast on radio, view current news coverage on television, and compare and contrast how those events were reported on both media by developing an essay which addresses the question "Is...

This lesson focuses on how to write a nonfiction comparison/contrast paper including the reasons for writing them and the three organizational strategies. It features links to transition words, graphic organizers, Venn diagrams,...

Learn about two different ways to organize a compare and contrast essay and how each way looks in a paragraph breakdown.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson plan unit on comparing and contrasting through which students compare and contrast two non-fiction articles and two editorials, and write a compare and contrast essay. With free login,...

This lesson focuses on writing an effective comparison and contrast essay. It explains and provides examples of the two methods of comparisons: point-by-point and item-by-item. It provides links to a comparison/contrast tutorial,...

Contains plans for two 50-minute lessons that teach about the comparison/contrast organizational pattern. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as...

Students choose two works of art from twenty-six choices available. Each work has a picture followed by brief factual information. Students compare and contrast the two works based on information presented with both words and pictures....

Learn about myths from around the world in this self-guided unit while also learning how to construct a compare and contrast essay. Included are characteristics of creation myths, videos about Chinese and Egyptian myths, and a step by...

This PDF file presents a professional viewpoint on the play/film versions of "The Fantasticks" in a compare/contrast sense. Also includes questions for comprehension and understanding for students. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]

This PDF lesson focuses on writing a comparison/contrast essay, which is a great format for helping students think deeply about two ideas or concepts with multiple similarities and differences. This type of essay has four-parts -1) an...

Sections of this site include key features of the comparison essay, comparisons in daily life, formulating a thesis, preparing to write, and organizing a comparison essay. The site also includes a paragraph of caution when writing about...

In this unit, students will gain background information on historic wars. Student will compare different media forms about these events, attend to different perspectives, research the unit's essential question, and then write an...

Contains plans for six lessons that ask students to examine types of conflict (character vs. character, character vs. self, character vs. nature, and character vs. society) before writing essays that compare and contrast two conflicts....

Sharpen your use of the formal conventions of English with this self-guided learning module. The module focuses on formal and informal language, making pronouns agree with their antecedents, and common spelling and grammar errors. At the...

As an introduction to the medieval romances, students compare and contrast the medieval rules of courtly love to the modern "rules" of courtship and romance. Students write a compare/contrast essay after group work and class discussion.

This reference page focuses on compare and contrast transition words including defining transitions and compare and contrast transitions, providing a list of transition words, and showing how to use transitions in writing essays.

Use an interactive rubric to evaluate areas of strengths and weaknesses in a student's essay on cell phone use in schools. Then compare your responses to another teacher's.

Use an interactive rubric to evaluate areas of strengths and weaknesses in a student's essay on an experience at a skating party. Then compare your responses to another teacher's.

An excellent student model for tenth-graders of the comparison between a play and a film, this one for "A Streetcar Named Desire." Provides good writing style and structure, and also includes notations and helpful student aids for...

Complete teaching unit for 8th Grade Argumentative Writing Unit: "Improving Society." Students will read six texts about problems in society. Throughout the unit, 8th graders will gather information from their readings in a graphic...

A professional model of an essay which compares the coverage of different media. Titled "Reverberations," this essay written by two journalists deals with the different news coverages of the September 11th attacks on America. Requires...

Harriet Tubman was a leading figure in the Underground Railroad movement. In this instructional activity, students research information about her using informative resources and look at impressionistic artwork depicting her life....

This lesson discusses structuring an outline for a comparison contrast paper.

Lesson plan designed for seventh graders. Learners write expository essays that include details, facts, and examples. Includes prewriting handouts, some example paragraphs, some example prompts, and a scoring guide.