1. Set Up A Cornell Notes Page
Comparison/Contrast

2. Heads Up! I will be collecting notebooks Nov 3rd.
Your independent reading worksheet will be due Nov 7
We will begin your presentations Nov 7

3. Time for Notes Compare: Contrast: Point out how two things are similar
Cats and Dogs both
Are pets
Need food and water
Point out how two things are different
Cats are aloof , Dogs are friendly
Cats have five “fingers” on their front paws; dogs have four “fingers” on their front paws

4. Ways to Compare/Contrast
Comparisons may
Contrasts may
Directly compare two things
Cats & Dogs
Compare two things using analogy
Faith is like a seed that grows as it nurtured. Feed and air it, it will blossom. Starve it, and it will die.
Alternate aspects
Attitude: Cats aloof, dogs friendly
Paw Pads: Cats 5, dogs 4
Use Block juxtaposition
Apollo, the god of the sun, represents music and medicine.
His twin, Artemis, the goddess of the moon, represents hunting and feminine innocence.

5. How to Use Comparison/Contrast
Be logical in your contrasts
Good Teachers
Bad Teachers
Relationships with Students
Time spent on lesson planning
Their singing voice.

6. How to Use Comparison/Contrast
Be sure the things compared/contrasted belong in the same class
Wrong
Right
Out telephone system is better than Russia
Our telephone system is better than Russia’s telephone system.
Ed’s salary is less than his wife.
Ed’s salary is less than his wife’s salary.

7. How to Use Comparison/Contrast
Deal with both sides of the issue fully.
Wrong
Right
Cats and dogs are different. Cats are aloof.
Cats and dogs are different. Cats are aloof and dogs are friendly.
Men and women are the same. Men want security, too.
Men and women are the same. Both genders want to feel secure.

8. How to Use Comparison/Contrast
Use expressions indicating comparison/contrast (p. 462)
Comparison
Contrast
Also
As well as
Bears resemblance to both
In like manner
Likewise
Similar
And common with
Like
Neither..nor
too
Although this may be true
At the same time
For all that
In opposition to
Nevertheless
On the contrary
One the one hand..on the other hand.
Otherwise
Unlike
Whereas
Still

9. Reading: Diogenes & Alexander
In Partners:
List the ways in which Diogenes and Alexander are
Similar
Different
Examine the format of essay. Did it use
An alternating outline
(one aspect of each man, then the next aspect of each man)
A Block outline
(first all about one man, then all about the other)

10. Homework Write Your Own!
Compare/Contrast the things that have been done to try to solve your problem.
You will need to find at least two remedies that have been tried, and then say how they are alike and different in their approaches and effectiveness.
Due Wednesday at Midnight