Essential
Skills/Concepts Related to RL 6.7
Compare
and Contrast
SOME AUTHORS USE
a
compare-and-contrast text structure to organize ideas. To compare, they tell
how things are alike; to contrast, they tell how things are different. Words
like same, different, some, all, every, also,
but, both, or many signal to readers that the author is
using a compare-and-contrast structure.
Compare: Every student
in the school wore the same blue uniform.
Contrast: They may have
to wear uniforms, but we don’t!
Authors don’t always use signal
words. Then, readers must figure out what’s being compared or contrasted.
Example
The
DJ played classic rock and everyone agreed the music was cool . . . or as some
put it, “fierce!” How could I tell my new friends that I preferred
country-western?
Many times things can be alike in
one or more ways but still be different. In the preceding example, rock and
country-western are alike because both are kinds of music, but they are
different in style and rhythm. A Venn diagram can help you keep track of
likenesses and differences as you read.
Example
Marissa
and Matthew are twins, but she has dark hair and he’s a blond. Everyone in
their family has brown eyes. Matthew plays drums and Marissa plays guitar in
the school band. They both sing and want to start a rock group.
Marissa
girl
dark hair
plays guitar
Both
brown eyes
in band
sing
want rock group
Matthew
boy
blond
plays drum
Essential
Skills/Concepts Related to RI 6.7
Summarizing
A SUMMARY IS a short retelling of
a story or an event. You summarize every time you tell friends about your
vacation or a movie you saw. You can’t tell everything, so you tell what’s most
important: the main idea and a few details.
Usually, you can do this in just
a few sentences. Here’s an event and summary:
What
Happened
Sara
goes shopping at the mall over the weekend. She runs into an old friend, Chris,
who’d moved away last year. They have lunch together and Sara discovers that
Chris’s family will be moving back to town next month, so he’ll be going to her
school again. Chris says he hopes he’ll be able to get back on the school
soccer team since he’s on a winning team where he’s been living.
Sara’s Summary: Guess who I
ran into at the mall, whose family’s moving back to town? Chris . . . and he
thinks he’ll probably be back on our soccer team!
You can summarize a story or
article; or just a part of it.
Text
Archaeologists learn about the
past by studying things ancient people left behind. The people can be grouped
by the technology they used: Stone Age people used stone tools; Bronze Age
people first made metal tools. A painting or carving may show people in carts.
That’s technology. Scraps of material are clues to how people used technology
to make clothing. And written journals tell how people used technology to make medicines
from plants.
Summary: Scientists
find evidence of how people used technology during their lifetimes. Different
technologies were used at different times in history to make tools, clothing, art,
vehicles, and medicines.
Posters,
book covers, and ads are summaries. They give all the most important information
about something in a small space! Sometimes you have to write or give an oral
book report, and on many tests, you’re asked to write a short essay about a
selection. That’s why it’s important to learn to look for the most important
facts and sharpen your summarizing skills!
In a Venn Diagram – Compare and Contrast the
experience of Reading The Absolute Value of Mike vs. the experience of
Listening to The Absolute Value of Mike.
Reading The Absolute Value of Mike Same Listening
to The Absolute Value of Mike
Complete a Journal Entry connecting a song or video
to the article (in your folder). Explain
how the song or video relates to the article.
Example
____________Journal
Entry
(Date)
One
song or video that relates to ___________________ is
_____________because__________.
(Name of Article) (Name of Song) (Explanation)
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