Crafting a compare-contrast essay can prove to be a challenge even for experienced writers.  Eradicate the mystery with a PowerPoint that details the rationale for and the structure of this form of expository writing. The 20-slide presentation can be used as an overview to familiarize viewers with the format. After individuals select a prompt, select slides can be reshown, or reproduced as worksheets, to assist writers in the drafting process.

Additional Tags

Media Literacy, english language arts

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Pros

• Writers are offer a choice of prompts
• Step-by-step directions are clear and concise
• Examples are provided
• Both the block and point-by-point formats are discussed

Cons

• Pause the presentation to permit viewers to discuss and take notes on the suggested procedures
• Because the presentation is text-heavy, provide viewers with a worksheet that reproduces the graphics contained in the presentation

Common Core

RI.9-10.7 RI.11-12.7 W.9-10.4 W.11-12.4