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Using Compare and Contrast Key Words Lesson PlanUsing Compare and Contrast Key Words Lesson Plan
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Compare and contrast while challenging your class with this higher-level thinking and reading comprehension lesson. After observing the teacher model comparing and contrasting bats and birds, learners read passages about two towns. They then write several compare and contrast statements. This lesson has a nice progression of the "I do, we do, you do" model. 

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academic language, compare and contrast, stellaluna, children's literature, transitions

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compare and contrast, compare and contrast signal words, comparing information in text, comparing two things, stellaluna, compare and contrast texts, Informational Text, academic language, idea relationships, transitions, words that signal compare and contrast, english language arts
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Grade
3rd - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
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RL.2.1 RL.2.10 RI.2.1 RI.2.2 RI.2.4 RI.2.8 RI.2.10 RF.2.4.a RF.2.4.c SL.2.1.a SL.2.1.c SL.2.2 L.2.1.a L.2.1.f L.2.4.a L.2.5.a

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