Compare and Contrast Reading Passages

What is a paired passage?

• Two fiction passages

• Two passages that have questions on each passage and questions that compare and contrast both passages.

• Two stories that don't have a connection but you compare and contrast them both.

When I look at the paired passage, I am looking for the similarities and differences of the two passages.

• True

• False

What questions should you ask yourself when you're reading a paired passage?

• How are the passages connected?

• How are the passages different?

• What information is presented in both passages?

• All of the above

When testing on a paired passage, how do you read it?

• read both passages then the questions

• read one, answer one, read two, answer two, and then both

• go to the questions first

• there's no strategy on how to read a paired passage

What's the strategy to use on scratch paper for compare/contrast questions?

• BME

• PIE

• Box T-chart or Venn Diagram

• Author's purpose

What's the NUMBER 1 strategy that will absolutely help you successfully answer paired passage questions?

• PIE

• annotated notes

• highlighting topic sentences

• finding text evidence for my answers

Describe the TEXT STRUCTURE of the following: While donuts and pies are both sweets that are round, they are very different from each other. Pies are prepared in the oven, while donuts are deep fried. One is typically for breakfast, while the other is a dessert. They both come in many flavors and are delicious!

• Cause and Effect

• Sequence

• Description

• Compare and Contrast

What are examples of Text STRUCTURE?

• Context clues and reading the questions first

• Pictures, headings, and maps that help us understand more about the reading.

• The overall way the text is organized.

• Cause/Effect, Chronological, Problem/Solution, Compare/Contrast

Define text structure.

• Context clues that help us learn more about the reading

• Pictures, headings, and maps that help us understand more about the reading.

• The overall way the text is organized.

• Cause/Effect, Chronological, & Compare and Contrast

What is the primary purpose of comparing and contrasting reading passages?

• To identify the main idea of each passage

• To find similarities and differences between the passages

• To summarize each passage

• To determine the author's purpose