Welcome back Team Wilson players and parents and HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!

This week, we are going back to our THRoW book to work on compare and contrasting paragraphs. This type of paragraph needs a special graphic organizer (not a web that we have been using for regular paragraphs) that better suits its needs. It's called a Venn diagram like seen to the left.  It is used to show the similarities and differences between two things / people / places.  We have been working on how to write a compare and contrast paragraph before the March break and now is your child's turn to write their very own.  In your child's THRoW book is an example of this type of paragraph.  Students need to come up with two things they want to compare and contrast and then fill in the graphic organizer to brainstorm all of the similarities and differences before writing the paragraph.  When finished, select the best two similarities and best two differences and write a paragraph.  Remember to use helpful transition words such as "One difference is ...Another difference is ...".


How to Write a Compare / Contract Paragraph

Sentence 1 - Topic sentence - introduce the two things you will be comparing and contrasting.

Sentence 2 - Write about one similarity.

Sentence 3 - Write about another similarity.

Sentence 4 - Write about a difference.

Sentence 5 - Write about another difference.

Sentence 6 - Closing sentence
When finished, I ask that students STOPLIGHT PARAGRAPH it using a green, yellow and red coloured pencil or pen to show the topic sentence, detail sentences and closing sentence.  Students ALL know how to do this very well.



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Coach Wilson

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