We will analyze writing traits and strategies.

TEKS: 110.54 Practical Writing Skills

1(A,D), 3(A,B,C), 5(A,C,E)
I will write a Compare and Contrast essay.

Compare, Contrast

Short video clip on Compare and Contrast, followed by T-Chart on individual

white-boards.

-Begin with journal warm-up.

-Pre-Teach vocabulary: handout
-Video Clip
-T-Chart written on white-boards
-Lesson on Compare and Contrast, textbook pg. 128
-Time Kids Essay
-Strategic Reasoning Questions (questions listed below)
-T-Chart over Chocolate Chip/Peanut Butter Cookies
-Write Essay
-3-2-1 Exit Ticket

1. How would you compare or contrast the essay, Elementary vs. Middle School?
2. What words would you select to compare two things? To contrast two things? (use your handout)
Write a Compare and Contrast essay over Chocolate Chip Cookies and Peanut Butter Cookies

Exit slip will be a 3-2-1 that includes: 3= things I already knew, 2= things I learned today, and
1= question I still have.