ELD-Animals Descriptions 4Objective: Students will be able to compare two different animals using compare and contrast conjunctions.

vocabulary word: evaluate

Our predictions for the word evaluate

Something to doSomething to appreciateSomething to judgeTo determine or change the valueTo determine high or lowTo inspect something for a price

Evaluate is

• a verb: to appraise; to judge the worth or quality; to assess; to gauge

Sample sentence:

It is important to evaluate all the options when buying a new car.

The grammatical forms we will use are

conjunctions in order to compare and contrast (however and on the other hand)

Think…about two animals that you would like to compare.

Adjectives that might describe various animals

gigantic vicious gentle territorial

tiny protective timid active

sluggish selective sociable reclusive

miniscule friendly greedy unpredictable

Our Question Sentence FramesQuestion:①How would you compare a

_____(animal) to a _______(different animal)?

Sample Question:①How would you compare a parrot to a

bald eagle?

Our Response Sentence Frames① A/an_______(animal name) is

________(physical attribute-adjective); however, a/an _______(different animal name) is _______(physical attribute-adjective).

② A/an_______(animal name) is ________(physical attribute-adjective); on the other hand, a/an _______(different animal name) is _______(physical attribute-adjective).

Sample Response Frames

①A parrot is sociable; however, a bad eagle is reclusive.

②A parrot is tropical ; on the other hand, a bald eagle is mountainous.