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 (Venn Diagram) 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 have seeds orange round fruit can eat it have to peel it yellow long doesn’t have seeds

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

Review Compare = same Contrast = different Organize ideas using a Venn diagram

Auguste Rodin, The Kiss (Sculpture) Robert Indiana, LOVE (Sculpture) How does each sculpture convey the idea of love? Now it’s your turn!!!

Auguste Rodin, The Kiss (Sculpture) Robert Indiana, LOVE (Sculpture) In your journal, create a Venn diagram to list the similarities and differences of these two works of art.

Now it’s your turn!!! Here is a list of common comparison essay assignments:  two sports (basketball and football)  two seasons (summer and fall)  two people (mother and daughter)  two objects (house and apartment)

Now it’s your turn!!! HiNt: For better comparisons, choose an unlikely pairing:  two teams (The 2002 Korea World Cup team and the 2010 World Cup team)  one season, different countries (summer in Korea and summer in Philippines)  one person, different situation (me talking to mother and me to talking to father)  two similar places (two kimbap restaraunts, one from childhood and one near the university.) Are they really all the same??? Look closely!!!!!)

Now it’s your turn!!! Homework: Make a list of things you want to compare. Bring the list to class. Be unusual. Wild. Think OutSide of The BOX!! For each category below provide two comparisons.  Books [Example: 1. Superman and Spiderman Comic /// 2. Vogue Magazine and Cosmopolitan Magazine  People  Places  Music  Events  Animals  Objects  Food  Seasons