Compare and Compare and Contrast Contrast

Compare and Compare and Contrast Contrast

Same and DifferentSame and Different

Compare

tell what is the same about two or more things

Oranges and Bananas

You eat both of them.They are both fruits.You have to peel both of them.

Contrast

tell what is different about two or more things

Oranges and Bananas

Oranges are orange. Bananas are yellow.

Oranges are round. Bananas are long.

Oranges have seeds. Bananas don’t have seeds.

Double Bubble Maps/ Venn Diagram

• It is a great way to organize your thoughts when you are comparing and contrasting two things.

• In the middle you put how the two objects are alike.

• On the sides you put how the objects are different.

Organizing Your Bubble Map

•have seeds

•orange

•round

•fruit

•can eat it

•have to peel it

•yellow

•long

•doesn’t have seeds

What can we compare and contrast?

• Books• People• Objects• Animals• Places• Music• Events

What are the signal words?

Contrastdifferent fromin contrastalthoughmore thanless thaninstead ofhoweveron the other handon the contraryas opposed tobut notwhileunless

same asalikenot only…but alsoeither…orlikewisesimilarlysimilar tocompared withas well asresemble

Compare

Compares and contrasts the similarities and differences between two things

(Adapted from Tompkins, 2006)

ContrastContrastContrastContrastCompareCompare

same asalikenot only…but alsoeither…orlikewisesimilarlysimilar tocompared withas well asresemble

different fromin contrastalthoughmore thanless thaninstead ofhowever

on the other handon the contraryas opposed tobut notwhileunless

CompareCompare

Review• Compare = same• Contrast = different• Organize ideas using a double

bubble map

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• Seasons of the Year

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• Think about the four seasons:• Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter

• How are these seasons alike? How are they different? • Think about the months in each season, the holidays in each

season, and the activities you might do in each season.

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• Now watch as we compare two seasons: Fall and Spring• Click on each fact to see where it belongs in the Venn Diagram.

Fall Spring

~ April~ Halloween~ seasons~ October~ Easter

~ trees changing~ it gets warmer outside~ it gets colder outside

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• Now it’s your turn!• Choose two seasons and compare and

contrast them using this Venn Diagram.

• Extend:• Write a comparative paper using your

Venn Diagram.

Now it’s your turn!!!

Choose one of the pairs below to compare and contrast on your own. basketball and football (two sports) summer and winter (two seasons) teacher and student (two people) fork and spoon (two objects)