Compare and Compare and Contrast Contrast

Compare and Compare and Contrast Contrast

Same and DifferentSame and Different

Compare

To determine how things are similar

Oranges and Bananas

You eat both of them.They are both fruits.You have to peel both of them.

Contrast

To determine how things are different

Oranges and Bananas

Oranges are orange. Bananas are yellow.

Oranges are round. Bananas are long.

Oranges have seeds. Bananas don’t have seeds.

Double Bubble Maps• It is a great way to organize your

thoughts when you are comparing and contrasting two things.

• In the middle you put how the two objects are alike.

• On the sides you put how the objects are different.

Organizing Your Information

•have seeds

•orange

•round

•fruit

•can eat it

•have to peel it

•yellow

•long

•doesn’t have seeds

What can we compare and contrast?

• Books• People• Objects• Animals• Places• Music• Events

Review• Compare = similarities• Contrast = differences• Organize ideas using a double

bubble map.

Now it’s your turn!!!

Choose one of the pairs below to compare and contrast on your own. basketball and football (two sports) summer and winter (two seasons) teacher and student (two people) fork and spoon (two objects)