Comparing and Contrasting

How can you contrast both dogs in this photo?

• One is in a pink bucket and the other is in a blue bucket

• both have black noses

• Both can fly

• One is green while the other is blue

Compare

• They're both square

• They're both yellow

• One can speak English, one can't

• One cooks, one is a sidekick

Contrast: Summer and Winter

• They both are seasons

• Both have holidays

• Winter is cold, summer is hot

What do you put on the light blue and pink sections of a venn diagram?

• similarities

• differences

What do you put on the dark blue section of a venn diagram?

• similarities

• differences

What does it mean to compare two things?

• To tell how they are different

• To tell how they are alike

• To tell a story about them

• To draw a picture of them

What does it mean to contrast two things?

• To tell how they are alike

• To tell how they are different

• To write a poem about them

• To color them

What is a Venn Diagram used for?

• To draw pictures

• To write stories

• To compare and contrast two things

• To make a list

Which word means "to tell how two or more things are alike"?

• Contrast

• Compare

• Different

• Venn Diagram

Which word means "to tell how two or more things are different"?

• Compare

• Similar

• Contrast

• Venn Diagram