Compare and Contrast Same and Different

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.

Double Bubble Maps 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 Bubble Map fruit can eat it have to peel it yellow long doesn’t have seeds have seeds orange round

What can we compare and contrast? Books/Movies/Lyrics (music) People/Places/Things Objects/Animals Events Different versions of the same text (book, movie(s), TV show, screenplay, etc.)

Review Compare = same Contrast = different Organize ideas using a double bubble map

Now it’s your turn!!! Compare and contrast each of these: Summer and Winter (two seasons) Riding a bike and driving a car (two modes of transportation) Cats and Dogs (two types of family pets)

Now it’s your turn!!! Compare and contrast this: To Kill a Mockingbird book version and movie version

Venn Diagram – Compare and Contrast To Kill a Mockingbird Book Movie