Paragraph 3 Comparison and Contrast Paragraph

Prewriting
1. DQ: Which makes a better story fiction or non-fiction?
2. What do I already know about Brian and Donn? (notes only no sentences)

Similarities
Compare

1.__Survival__________________________________________________
Details:
lake water,berries
hunted (fish and fool
birds)

Details:
Found near by
streams, ate
berries

2._________________Lost___________________________________
Details:
in plane
crash
survived
Canadian
Woods

Details:
NO common sense
left group

3._____________________Summer Trip_______________________________
Details

going summer
trip visit father

Details:
on summer trip
camping lost from
group

Differences Contrast

1._____________________Survival Plan_______________________________
Details:
Brian stay
lake

Details:
Donn kept
moving find
cabin

2.________________________How long they were

lost____________________________
Details:
Brian lost 54 days

Details:
Donn lost 9 days

3._______________________Expierience in the wilderness

_____________________________
Details:
only knew wilderness TV
shows

Details:
Boy souts

3. What do I need to know?

Do not use complete sentences and do not reopen your
internet.
Add any additional notes that you need.

Drafting (Select the prewriting ideas you want to use. Use your
stylus and number them in the order that you want to use them.
Put each idea in its own sentence. Have at least 7 sentences.)
1. Survival was the main thing Donn and Brian had to use and
they both did.
2. Brian found berries and hunted ro fish and fool birds (birds
that are caomflauge), and Brain drasnk the water from the
lake.
3. Donn wasnt a big eater and the whole 9 day he only had a
handful of berries and drank from near by streams.
4. They both different Survival Plans.
5. Brain stayed at the lake and waited for someone to find him.
6. While on the other hand Donn kept moving to find someone at
the end of the stream where there is most likely a cabin with
people who could help him.

7. Also,they both have different expierence with the wilderness.

8. Donn had more expierence in the woods from boy scouts in my
opinion.
9. Brian only knew from TV shows which is somewhat not true

Revising (Copy and paste your drafting sentences. Keep them

as a numbered list. 1. Now, work on making a sandwich
revise your sentences that will be your introduction and
conclusion.
2. Be sure in the body sentences that you have lots of specific
detail. Add material as needed.
DID 3. Make your first word in each sentence red. (Check to see
that you use a variety of sentence starters and use
comparison/contrast transitions.)
DID 4. Remember that you must have at least one of each type of
sentence. Mark them. (interrogative, imperative, exclamatory,
declarative)
Introduction/Topic Sentence: Which makes a better storyfiction of nonfiction? In literature, we read about two survival
stories- one that is fiction and one that is nonfiction and they are
Lost Trail and Hatchet.

1. For most people food would be the most important thing in

survival.
2. Well, Brian found berries and hunted fish and fool birds (birds
that are camouflage), and Brain drank the water from the
lake.

3. Donn was not a big eater and the whole 9 days he was
missing, he only had a handful of berries and drank from
nearby streams.
4. They both had different Survival Plans.
5. Brain stayed at the lake and waited for someone to find him.
6. On the other hand, Donn kept moving to find someone at the
end of the stream where there is most likely a cabin with
people who could help him.
7. In contrast, they both have different experience with the
wilderness!
8. In general, Donn had more experience in the woods from boy
scouts in my opinion.
9. Yet, Brian only knew how to survive from TV shows, which is
somewhat not true.

Conclusion: In conclusion, I like the nonfiction story more, it

has more action in it because anything can happen and that
makes the story more interesting.

Editing (Check the following after you have done it.)

_____ Select and run spell check and grammar check on
revising sentences.

Evaluating (Check the following after you have done it.)

_____Read aloud to a partner.
_____ Have your partner read your sentences back to you.
_____ Have your partner comment on the following. Revise
as they give
you feedback.
Did you answer the driving question?
Have you made a sandwich?
Do your details catch the interest of the reader?
Is your summary easy to follow?
Does your writing sound like you? Did you use words that you normally
would use?
Is your writing easy to read? (check long sentences and awkward
sentences)

Publishing (Copy and paste your revised sentences in this

space. Then, put your sentences into a paragraph. Please double
space. Indent first line. Be sure to center and capitalize your
title.)

Fiction Or Nonfiction?
Which makes a better story- fiction of nonfiction? In literature,
we read about two survival stories- one that is fiction and one that

is nonfiction and they are Lost Trail and Hatchet. For most people
food would be the most important thing in survival. Well, Brian
found berries and hunted fish and fool birds (birds that are
camouflage), and Brain drank the water from the lake. Donn was
not a big eater and the whole 9 days he was missing, he only had
a handful of berries and drank from nearby streams. They both
had different Survival Plans. Brain stayed at the lake and waited
for someone to find him. On the other hand, Donn kept moving to
find someone at the end of the stream where there is most likely
a cabin with people who could help him. In contrast, they both
have different experience with the wilderness! In general, Donn
had more experience in the woods from boy scouts in my opinion.
Yet, Brian only knew how to survive from TV shows, which is
somewhat not true. In conclusion, I like the nonfiction story more,
it has more action in it because anything can happen and that
makes the story more interesting.