Compare and Contrast - CCSS RL.8.5

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1. Compare/ Contrast, Part 2.
Click Image to Enlarge		Instructor uses a whiteboard to demonstrate compare and contrast techniques using retail pizza chains as an example. For middle school students and older SEE MORE
2. Aesop's Fables.
Click Image to Enlarge		Two versions of each story to compare and contrast. SEE MORE
3. Compare & Contrast Map.
Click Image to Enlarge		This interactive graphic organizer helps students develop an outline for one of three types of comparison essays: whole-to-whole, similarities-to-differences, or point-to-point. SEE MORE
4. Compare and Contrast - Reading Strategies (Signal Words).
Click Image to Enlarge		This video focuses on signal words to use, such as "also", "similarly", and "whereas". A good review for struggling students. 4:44 minute video SEE MORE
5. Compare and Contrast -Baamboozle.
Click Image to Enlarge		Click play on the left side of screen. Make teams, Take turns choosing questions. Say the answer then hit the check button and then chick okay of the team is correct or "oops" if not. SEE MORE
6. Compare and Contrast Rags to Riches.
Click Image to Enlarge		Rags to Riches: Answer questions in a quest for fame and fortune. SEE MORE
7. Compare and Contrast.
Click Image to Enlarge		"Select two works of art from a list of 26. Then click the "Begin Essay" button in the selection box that displays your selections to write your own short essay comparing the works of art. This is a display from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts." SEE MORE
8. Comparing and Contrasting.
Click Image to Enlarge		Modifying comparatives. Use the information provided and drag the words to make a comparative sentence SEE MORE
9. Connections Between Texts - Maya Lin and Jane Jacobs.
Click Image to Enlarge		"Students watch two video segments about two women who have influenced architecture and the physical look of a city. After a class discussion, students will write and perform a Readers' Theater script in which Jacobs and Lin talk to each other about their ideas about architecture and life." SEE MORE
10. Grade 8 Compare and Contrast.
Click Image to Enlarge		You can create printable tests and worksheets from these Grade 8 Compare and Contrast questions if you sign in. Or use site as a whole class activity and answer questions together. SEE MORE
11. Pegasus Versus Unicorn - Compare and Contrast Reading Comprehension.
Click Image to Enlarge		This resource includes two passages and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 123 Words; LEXILE: 810  SEE MORE
12. Practice with Comparison and Contrast.
Click Image to Enlarge		Lab activity to find and organize similarities and differences. SEE MORE