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I Can Compare and Contrast OrganizerI Can Compare and Contrast Organizer
Publisher
Polk Bros Foundation
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Grade
4th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Printables & Templates
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
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Year
2008
Organizer

I Can Compare and Contrast

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Work with your class to fill out this Venn diagram. Pupils can compare and contrast any two things and then write a short paragraph about the relationship demonstrated in their diagram.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

compare and contrast, text analysis, venn diagrams

Additional Tags

compare and contrast, venn diagram, analyze text, english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the worksheet to examine two characters, events, ideas, etc., and spend some time analyzing the relationship between the two

Pros

  • See the materials for a Spanish worksheet that is very similar to this one as well as some compare-and-contrast questions that your pupils can use as they work

Cons

  • There are no labels on the Venn diagram, so you'll either need to provide some guidance or label the circles together
  • Some individuals will need more scaffolding, perhaps in the form of sentence frames, to write the brief paragraph

Common Core

RL.4.1 RL.5.1 RI.4.1 RI.5.1 RL.6.1 RL.7.1 RL.8.1 RI.6.1 RI.7.1 RI.8.1

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