Compare and Contrast RI 3.9 Assessment

What does it mean to compare and contrast?

• to find out what the text means

• to find similarities and differences

• to ask and answer questions

• to figure out the point of view

What is the best way to compare two texts on the same topic?

• compare the information to the pictures

• compare the captions to the images

• compare the text features

• compare the important points and key details

Select a possible comparison for the images shown to the right.

• Both firemen and policemen save lives.

• Women can also fight fires.

• Police save peoples' lives, while firemen do not.

• Police and firemen wear the same uniforms.

Write a difference that you might find in a text set written to compare and contrast police and firemen.

What are the two passages mostly about?

• nocturnal birds

• nocturnal animals that fly

• eyes and ears

• birds and mammals

What do owls rely on while flying?

• echolocation

• the wind

• good eyesight

• good sense of taste

What do bats rely on while flying?

• echolocation

• the wind

• good eyesight

• good sense of taste

What is an important point from A Nocturnal Flying Bird?

How are the important points that the author makes in each text similar?

How are the important points that the author makes in each text different?