1. PICTURE WALK COMPARE CONTRAST CLASSIFICATION
First let’s recap the info….

2. COMPARE/CONTRAST
When you COMPARE items, you look for their similarities--the things that make them the same.
For example:
Apples and oranges are both fruit.
They're both foods.
Both are made into juice.
Both grow on trees
When you CONTRAST items, you look at their differences.
Apples are red. Oranges are orange.
The fruits have different textures.
Oranges need a warmer place to grow, like Florida. Apples can grow in cooler states, like Washington

3. COMPARE Transition Words
Also As
As well as
Both
In the same manner
In the same way
Likewise
Like
Most important
Same
Similar
Similarly
The same as
too
In comparison and contrast, transition words tell a reader or listener that you are about to change from talking/writing about one item to the other.

4. CONTRAST Transition words
Although
But
Differ
Even though
However
In contrast
Instead
Nevertheless
On the contrary
On the other hand
Unlike
While
Yet
In comparison and contrast, transition words tell a reader or listener that you are about to change from talking/writing about one item to the other.

5. CLASSIFICATION
When one or more paragraphs follows classification order….the writer will group things together to show broad similarities
Categories may be named to show you how one group is alike or different from another
Classification paragraphs are like charts put into words
While there are no specific transition words for classification, be on the look out for clue words such as groups, types, classes, sections, parts, categories, divided