a 0 Review & rate What Is Comparing? What Is Contrasting? You read a paragraph. It tells you about two or more things. This can be confusing. How can a reader sort out this information? A good reader compares and contrasts things. A reader might think: like? ae re these things 4 of How do they ciftene » When you answer the first question, you are comparing. You are finding similarities. When you answer the second question, you are contrasting. You are finding differences. Read the paragraph below, and then answer the questions. Sharks! How are the sharks alike? he great white shark lives in 1. What kind of swimmers are both sharks? deep, cold seas. It will attack large animals such as sea lions. The bull shark lives mostly in shallow 2, How many teeth do these sharks have? waters. It is sometimes found in : : rivers. These sharks are both very How do the sharks differ? good swimmers and hunters. Both kinds of sharks have lots of teeth too! 3, Where does the great white shark live? This paragraph compares 4, Where does the bull shark live? andtiningtote// Narne Date ‘Practice _ py ¢«@ Comparing & Contrasting ( Study these two pages. They show how a student compared and contrasted. i Read the paragraph. Then fill in the bubble that best answers each question. Fox Facts An animal’s home often affects how that animal looks. A fox that lives in the cold Arctic has ‘thick fur. The fur of the Arctic fox is reddish brown in summer but white in winter. A kit fox lives in the desert. There the temperatures are much warmer. The kit fox stays the same light brown color all year. It has bigger ears than an Arctic fox. Both kinds of foxes hunt small animals. : © 1. How are the foxes alike? OA. Their fur changes © C. They hunt small color in the winter. animals for food. —-~ : oo Oniy the ea 90 &X “es, both kinds of foxes ay {Aratic fox changes coor. GEN OA hunt smatter animals. : : a5 ee OB. They live in the same oo : Kind of climate. ee lam eaves t i This sentence tells how p — i oe NCEE The Arctic is cold, and the > Ko desert is vam 2 : “> _ Continued ——» 6 ‘eating Passages That Bull Comprehension: Compare & Contrast Scelase Teaching Resoucesj Comparing & Contrasting (Continued) ‘Thinking Model & Practice 2. How are the foxes different? @ A. The kit fox has bigger ears. OC. They look like cats. "9 © “on ae Oo OB. They have fur ere a Jam going to fil in A. : sere ci This sentence tells about a : : ie (This sentencetats BAe ("ee foxes. A aay they ae ate 3. Write another way that the foxes are different. : SA, ae t CS oF . (om The Arctic fox has reddish-brown fur. The kit fox has light-brown fur. Iwill write ‘about that difference: The color of only Scholastic Teaching Resources Reading Passages Tat Build Comprehension: Compare & Contrast o : ey) SS of ert as 2 Oo Ss? ; SS