Compare and Contrast Lesson Plans

Links verified on 9/7/2009

1. Comparing and Contrasting Journals - lesson plan requiring students to read two mountain climbing journals (links provided) and then compare and contrast the writing styles
2. Compare and Contrast Lesson Plan - this five page document includes a comparison alley and two passages to read and compare/contrast
3. Compare and Contrast Worksheets - free worksheets from TeAchnology
4. Comparison/Contrast Organizers - a large number of organizers are available for printing
5. Examples of Thinking Maps - presented as a way of comparing and contrasting
6. Exploring Compare and Contrast Structure in Expository Texts - [designed for grades 3-5] lesson plan from Read Write Think
7. Once Upon a Genre - Unit Plan - compare and contrast fairy tales
8. Picture This - a math lesson that focuses on compare-contrast using variations of shutter speed in photography
9. Teaching the Compare/Contrast Essay - Steps a teacher has used to teach the compare/contrast essay to regular classes of high school sophomores whose reading levels range from fourth to twelfth grade. Beside each step the teacher has made a few comments that may make things go more smoothly
10. Teaching the Compare and Contrast Essay through Modeling - [designed for grades 3-5]lesson plan from Read Write Think
11. Using Graphic Organizers to Compare/Contrast - this five-page lesson plan includes student activities with graphic organizers
12. Writing a Compare and Contrast Paper - [designed for 5th grade] a lesson for 5th graders that using the example of comparing soccer and basketball, and providing directions for writing a compare-contrast paper