Comparison and Contrast
Essay Information and video links
Comparison and Contrast
Essay Lesson Plan:
Step
1: Choose Your Poems
Emily
Dickinson's Poem "We grow accustomed..." HERE
http://poetry-fromthehart.blogspot.com/2014/04/we-grow-accustomed-to-dark-emily.html
A. Read the TWO poems
B. Paraphrase BOTH POEMS
http://www.slideshare.net/Bulldog4/14-2-paraphrasing-power-point
C. Annotate
your copy. Look for literary techniques that each poet uses and determine
how they each go about elaborating on the topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cVU-0Zqnq4&spfreload=10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RFqnrBfgCA
D. Come
up with a theme and find two pieces of textual evidence to support
your theme.
Theme:
A lesson about life. Not a one word topic. It relates to all people, not just
the characters.
Example:
In life everyone must face their own mortality at some point.
Packet and Model:
Step 2: (ELEMENTS OF A COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
ESSAY):
·
View and answer the following questions
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What should be in your introduction?
o
What is a topic sentence and where should it be
within your paper?
o
What are examples of concrete details?
o
What should the commentary explain?
o
What is the concluding sentence and what is its
purpose?
o
What elements are required to be in my concluding
paragraph?
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Notes of Point-by-Point Method
o
How many paragraphs are used in this method?
o
How many concrete details and commentary are needed
in each paragraph?
o
How many sentences should be in each body
paragraph?
o
List all of the sentences needed in each paragraph
and in the order they appear.
o
Using the example, explain the purposes of the
concrete detail and commentary sentences.
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Notes on the Block Method
o
How many body paragraphs are in this method?
o
How many concrete details per paragraph do you have
using this method?
o
How many sentences are needed in each body
paragraph?
o
What will you be eliminating using this methods?
Step 3: (GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS):
·
Poster Board Sheets
Use the graphic organizer to begin comparing and
contrasting the two poems. Find textual support for each aspect of the
organizer.
Step 4: (THESIS):
- View the video
clip and compose your thesis statement.
- When you are
finished everyone in your group should have a solid thesis statement for
their essay.
- Now add your own
standpoint or argument to the thesis.
Step 5: (OUTLINE):
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Copies of worksheets
Use of the graphic organizers and organize your
essay.
Step 6: (EMBEDDING QUOTES):
You will use the quotes from your organizer to
embed in your essay.
Step 7: (FINAL ESSAY)
Below are the requirements for each paragraph of
your essay:
View this video and answer the following questions:
1. What
should be in the introduction?
2. What
is a good hook? (WE ARE DOING THE UNIVERSAL HOOK)
3. What
is the purpose of the topic sentence?
4. What
is the commentary?
5. What
are transitions? Provide examples.
Introduction:
1. Hook 2. Introduction of the author and title of
both works 3. Overall Meaning of
both works in 1-2 Sentences 4. Plot
Summary of each in 1-2 sentences 5.
Emotions of the speakers in each 6.
Thesis explaining how you think they compare or contrast overall
Body 1:
1. Topic
Sentence on similarities 2. Similarity
evidence (1-2 sentences) 3.
Similarity analysis (3 sentences)
Body 2:
1. Topic
Sentence on differences 2. Differences
evidence (1-2 Sentences) 3. Differences
analysis (3 sentences)
Body/Conclusion:
1. Restate
your thesis (use totally different wording)
2. Restate
your topic sentences using totally different wording
3. Write
your “So What” sentence.
A.
What new revelation can be acquired about the
themes by understanding the way these words are similar and different?
B.
How does the message from the two connect to the
human experience, although they are told differently and similarly?
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