Compare and Contrast
Same and Different
CCGPS:
ELACC3RL9: Compare and contrast the themes, settings,
and plots of stories written by the same author about the
same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series)
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.
2 Ring 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 2 Ring
Venn Diagram
•have seeds
•orange
•round
•fruit
•yellow
•can eat it
•long
•have to
peel it
•doesn’t have
seeds
What can we compare
and contrast?
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Books
People
Objects
Animals
Places
Music
Events
Review
• Compare = same
• Contrast = different
• Organize ideas using a 2 Ring Venn
Diagram
Now it’s your turn!!!
Choose one of the pairs below to
compare and contrast on your own.
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basketball and football (two sports)
summer and winter (two seasons)
teacher and student (two people)
fork and spoon (two objects)
Elements of a Fairy Tale
Special Beginning: “Once
upon a time”
Evil Character
Magic usually happens
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An Original Fairy Tale
Special Ending: “and they
lived happily ever after”
Royalty (king, queen,
princess, prince)
Problem and a Solution
2 Ring Venn Diagram
Of the Fairy Tales
Good Character
A Kingdom is usually
present
Things often happen in
“threes” or “sevens”
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My Fairy Tale
Chris and the Three
Coins
Once upon a time in a far off kingdom lived a young prince named
Chris. Now Chris was always looking for a way to entertain himself.
One day he found three coins. Little did Chris realize that these
were magic coins. He decided to take them into town and see what
he could buy with them.
On his way to town, he met a strange old woman. Even without
telling her where he was going, the woman immediately knew about
the three coins. She told him that they were her coins and
demanded that Chris return them to her at once or else.
Chris knew that he had found the coins fair and square so he
didn’t hand them over. Suddenly the odd old lady transformed into
a giant fire-breathing dragon. Without even thinking about it, Chris
unconsciously rubbed the three coins and wished that he had a
sword to defend himself. Within seconds, one of the coins morphed
into a deadly sword.