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OutcomesStandards for Compare and Contrast Writing
Organizational Types of Compare Contrast Writing
Graphic Organizers for Compare Contrast Writing
Language aids for Compare Contrast Writing
EL adaptations for Compare Contrast Writing
Text StructuresThe way that an author organizes text to make meaning.
ª An author may use one or a combination of text structures within one text.
See chart
Text StructuresText Structures are not genres – they are used within a variety of genres.
Authors choose text structures based on their writing goals.
Text Structures and Genres
Sample Genres
Narration
Exposition
* explanation
* interpretation
- Persuasion
Components of Compare Contrast
Topics
AttributesCategory/categoriesSpecific attributes
Claim/Interpretation
Backwards MappingWhy are you having students compare and contrast?
What level of thinking are you asking students to reach?
What will be the final evidence or product for the comparison/contrast?
What components will you provide?
Sample Writing PromptWrite an analytic essay in which you interpret the president’s “right” to act beyond his power. Compare and contrast Abe Lincoln and Richard Nixon use of this power and its consequences. Conclude with your position regarding this “power.”
Organizational Structures
Decide on the organizational structure
Subject by Subject
Point by Point
Create your “working” thesis statement.
Reading Standard Grade 5Key Ideas and Details
1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
3. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
Subject by SubjectIntroduction
Say everything you are going to say about the first subject.Write a separate paragraph for each
criteria.
Say everything you are going to say about the second subject.
Concluding paragraph that ties the different points together.
Text StructureSubject by Subject
Introduction
2 or 3 paragraphs about subject 1
2 or 3 paragraphs about subject 2
Concluding paragraph that ties the different points together.
Point by PointIntroduction
Talk about one criteria/attribute at a time for each item before moving to the next criteria/attribute .
Saves best point about the difference for last.