1. Comparison/Contrast Paragraph
Katherine Howard
Writing 1

2. Today Self Reflection and Peer Help Sentence Types
Creating sentences and sentence clauses
Using Compare/Contrast Transitions
Educational Systems Compasions

3. Re-read your paragraph. Complete the self-correcting sheet.

4. Complete
the peer
editing
worksheet.
Share with
a partner.

5. You will read someone else’s paragraph today.

6. Turn In Your Vacation Paragraph! Blue Like Journals are Due Today too!

7. Sentence Structure
Pg. 114 – Just as there are signal words to show time order and spatial order, there are also words and phrases that help your reader understand similarities and differences. Find the words that show similarities and differences in the model paragraph.

8. Two Varieties of English
Although US English and British English are mutually understandable languages, there are quite a few differences. One difference is spelling. Some words are spelled one way the United States but spelt another way in Great Britain. A person goes to a British theatre but to a US theater. In US schools, students theorize, analyze and socialize, whereas British students theorise, analyse, and socialise. A second area difference is vocabulary. For example, the word college names two very different types of schools in the United States and Great Britain – university level in the United States and pre-university level in Great Britain. Also, British university students live in halls on campus and flats off campus, but US students live in dormitories on campus and apartments off campus. Finally, there are many differences in pronunciation. In Great Britain, the sound of a in the words path, laugh, aunt, plant and dance is like the a in father. In the United States, in contrast, the a sound in the words is like the a in car. All in all, though there are differences between the English spoken in the United States and the English spoken in the British Isles, we understand each other most of the time!

9. Two Varieties of English
Although US English and British English are mutually understandable languages, there are quite a few differences. One difference is spelling. Some words are spelled one way the United States but spelt another way in Great Britain. A person goes to a British theatre but to a US theater. In US schools, students theorize, analyze and socialize, whereas British students theorise, analyse, and socialise. A second area difference is vocabulary. For example, the word college names two very different types of schools in the United States and Great Britain – university level in the United States and pre-university level in Great Britain. Also, British university students live in halls on campus and flats off campus, but US students live in dormitories on campus and apartments off campus. Finally, there are many differences in pronunciation. In Great Britain, the sound of a in the words path, laugh, aunt, plant and dance is like the a in father. In the United States, in contrast, the a sound in the words is like the a in car. All in all, though there are differences between the English spoken in the United States and the English spoken in the British Isles, we understand each other most of the time!

10. Word Dictionary WORD: conjunction Guess: Definition Connection
Sentence
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Sketch/Image:

11. Comparison Signals Sentence Connectors Coordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating Conjunctions
Others
Paired Conjunctions
Similarly
Likewise
Also
Too
And… (too) As
Just as
Similar
Equal
The same
Similar to
Equal to
(just) like
The same as
Equally
Both…and
Not only…but also

12. Sentence Types
There are four sentence types. We will discuss three types today. pg. 189: Simple Sentences Compound Sentences Complex Sentences

13. Simple Sentences Simple sentences have one independent clause.
An independent clause has a subject and a verb.
Spring has arrived.
The flowers are blooming.
The sun is shining brightly.
People are walking and jogging in the park.
Simple Sentences use conjunctions to combined subjects or verbs. They do not combined two separate ideas.

14. Compound Sentences Compound sentences have two independent clauses.
The sun is shining, and there are no clouds in the sky.
It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go to the skateboarding park.
Compound sentences use coordinating conjunctions. There are seven different coordinating conjunctions. We remember them by the word FANBOYS.

15. FANBOYS F For A And N Nor B But O Or Y Yet S So
For has the same meaning as “because”; use “fore” to introduce a
reason or cause.
For
And
Nor
But Or
Yet So
And joins sentences that are alike
Nor means “not this and not that”; use “nor” to join two negative
sentences.
But joins sentences that are opposite or show contrast.
Or joins sentences that give choices or alternatives.
Yet has approximately the same meaning as “but”; that is it shows
contrast or joins opposites. Use “yet” when the second part of the
sentence says something unexpected or surprising.
So joins sentences when the second sentence expresses the result
of something described in the first sentence.
and, but, so, or – pg 30
for, yet, nor: pg 69

16. Complex Sentences Pg
Complex sentences have one independent clause and one (or more) dependent clause.
As soon as we arrived, we pu ton our rollerblades.
Alex broke his arm because he wasn’t careful.
Complex sentences have a subordinating conjunction. The subordinating conjunction starts the dependent clause.

17. Subordinating Conjunctionspg
To tell a time
To give a reason
To tell where
To make a contrast
After As
As soon as
Before
Since
Until
When
Whenever
While
Because
Where
Wherever
Although
Even though
Though
Whereas

18. Transition Signals for Compare and Contrast
pg. 192
Transition Signals for Compare and Contrast
Compare
Contrast
Similarly
Likewise
Also
Too
And…
Both…and
Not only…but also
Just as
similar
Equal
Equally
The same
Like
On the other hand
However
But
Yet
While
Whereas
Although
Though
Even though
Different from
Differently
Unlike
Differ

19. Clauses into Sentences
Pg. 100 – A clause is a group of words that contains at least one subject and one verb. Anna left the party early because she was tired There are two kinds of clauses: independent and dependent.
Independent
Dependent

20. Independent Clauses
An independent clause can be a sentence by itself. It is independent! It is another name for a simple sentence.
I felt sick the next day.
He goes to school.
Jack excels at sports.
They run everyday.

21. Dependent Clause
Dependent clauses cannot be a sentence by itself because its meaning is not complete. A dependent clause “depends” on something else to complete the meaning.
because he trains hard
whenever I don’t sleep well
as they want to compete in the marathon
after he finishes work

22. Dependent Clause
Dependent clauses cannot be a sentence by itself because its meaning is not complete. A dependent clause “depends” on something else to complete the meaning.
because he trains hard
whenever I don’t sleep well
as they want to compete in the marathon
after he finishes work
Subordinating conjunctions make dependent clauses

23. Complex Sentences
As they want to compete in the marathon, they run everyday.
Jack excels at sports because he trains hard.
Whenever I don’t sleep well, I feel sick the next day.
He goes to school after he finishes work.

24. Complex Sentences Do you see the comma rule?
As they want to compete in the marathon, they run everyday.
Jack excels at sports because he trains hard.
Whenever I don’t sleep well, I feel sick the next day.
He goes to school after he finishes work.
Do you see the comma rule?

25. Sentence Slam

26. Interview a classmate from another country
Interview a classmate from another country. Find out about that person’s educational system. Think of three differences between your countries. Write a composition about the differences between the two educational systems.

27. Homework:
Write a comparison composition about the differences between your country’s education and someone else’s country’s education. Bring with you next week. (Make sure to prewrite your ideas and outline this!!!)
Complete pg
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