1. Compare and Contrast
Same and Different

2. Compare
tell what is the same about two or more things

3. Oranges and Bananas You eat both of them. They are both fruits.
You have to peel both of them.

4. Contrast
tell what is different about two or more things

5. Oranges and Bananas Oranges are orange. Bananas are yellow.
Oranges are round. Bananas are long.
Oranges have seeds. Bananas don’t have seeds.

6. Venn Diagrams
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.

7. Organizing your Venn Diagram
fruit
can eat it
have to peel it
yellow
long
doesn’t have seeds
have seeds
orange
round
differences
differences
similarities

8. What can we compare and contrast?
Books
People
Objects
Animals
Places
Music
Events

9. Review Compare = same Contrast = different
Organize ideas using a Venn Diagram

10. Now it’s your turn!!!
Choose one of the pairs below to compare and contrast on your own.
lacrosse and hockey (two sports)
summer and winter (two seasons)
teacher and student (two people)
fork and spoon (two objects)