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BEFORE READING
Target Skill SKILLS
 STRATEGIES IN CONTEXT
Compare/Contrast Predict
Skills Trace
OBJECTIVES
Test
Selection Test:
Unit 5
Benchmark Test: Unit 5
Reteach/
Review
TE: 3.3 399b, DI•56; 3.4 59b, DI•53; 3.5 169b, 181, 203, 211, DI•52
PB: 3.1 143, 147, 148; 3.2 13, 17, 18, 53, 57, 58, 66, 77
Practice
TE: 3.3 380–381, 3.4 36–37, 3.5 146–147
Introduce/
Teach
Target Skill Compare and Contrast
Target Skill Understand how to compare and contrast.
Target Skill Make predictions to aid comprehension of comparisons and
contrasts.
INTRODUCE
Place two textbooks on a table in
front of the room. Then work with
students to compare and contrast
characteristics of the two books, such
as size, length, color, and art. Point
out that comparing and contrasting
two or more things means telling how
they are alike and different.
Have students read the information on
p. 146. Explain the following:
  • Writers often use clue words
    to signal similarities (like, similarly, likewise, in the same way) and differences (but, however, on the other hand, although).
  • Making predictions can help a reader think more carefully about a story and the details an author compares and contrasts.
Use Skill Transparency 21 to teach main idea and summarize.
TEACH
1  SKILL Use paragraph 2 to model
how to find comparison and contrast.
Think Aloud MODEL I see the word instead twice in paragraph 2. I know that instead is a contrast word. Here, it is used to compare what Ky has in his lunchbox to what other kids might have in theirs.
2  STRATEGY Discuss the article
so far.
Think Aloud MODEL I can use what I already know to predict what Ky's classmates will think. I predict that they will be interested in his lunch and might even ask him to trade.
PRACTICE AND ASSESS
SKILL The word instead is used to
compare Ky's lunch to what other children might have in their lunchboxes. Ky's is different because he has sausage shaped like an octopus, hard-boiled eggs, and a rice ball covered in seaweed.
STRATEGY Possible response:
I predict that the kids will want Ky to tell about the things in his lunchbox.
WRITE Walk students through the
first step of the Write to Read activity. Then have them complete the second step on their own.
Monitor Progress
then… use Practice Book 3.2, p. 53 to provide practice.
If… students are unable to complete Write to Read on
p. 146,
Target Skill Compare and Contrast
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Comprehension
Strategy
Predict
Skill
Compare
and Contrast
Some clue words that signal differences
are but, however, different, and instead of.
Some clue words that signal that things
might be the same are like, same, both,
also, and as well as.
When you compare and contrast two or
more things, you tell how they are alike
and different.
Compare
and Contrast
Skill
THE BOXED LUNCH
     Ky was nervous about his first day in his
new school. But he knew for sure he would like
his lunch. It would be the same as his lunches in
Japan, even though he now was in America.
     At lunchtime, when Ky’s classmates began
eating their lunches, someone said, “Ky, what did
you bring for lunch?”
     In Japan, Ky always brought his lunch in a
bento box, which was carefully packed with
eyecatching foods. Ky loved the sausage that
looked like a tiny octopus. Instead of carrot sticks,
he had hard-boiled eggs that looked like baby
chicks just hatching. And instead of tortilla chips,
he had a rice ball covered with pieces of dried
seaweed so that it looked like a soccer ball.
     Ky opened his box slowly, not sure of what
his new friends would think. But they were very
interested. He explained each item and showed
them how to eat with chopsticks. Some boys
asked to try the chopsticks. Ky promised to bring
some for everyone the next day. His new friends
laughed. One friend said, “I wonder how they’ll
work with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.”
Skill Here are
some clue words—
instead of. What is
being compared?
Are they the same
or different?
Ky's Lunch
Both
My Lunch
Active readers predict what might happen
next based on what they have already
read. Predicting helps readers think more
about what they read. They can predict
what might be the same or different.
Strategy: Predict
Strategy
Strategy Here is a
good place to stop
and predict. What
do you think Ky’s
new classmates will
think of what he
brought for lunch?
Write a short paragraph
comparing the two lunches.
2.
Read “The Boxed Lunch.”
Create a diagram like the one
above to compare what you
eat for lunch to Ky’s lunch.
1.
Write to Read
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Beginning/Intermediate For a Picture It! lesson on main idea and supporting details, see the ELL Teaching Guide, pp. 141–142.
Advanced Encourage students to tell about the items they most like to see in their lunchboxes. Make a list on the board. Which items reflect a family heritage? Which of their fellow students' lunch items would they like to try?
Target Skill Compare and Contrast Help students become familiar with using a Venn diagram. Begin by presenting two items to compare and contrast, such as the books in the "Introduce" activity on this page. Model how to devote the left-hand circle to the characteristics of the first item, the right-hand circle to the characteristics of the second item, and the center section to the characteristics the two have in common. Explain that the outer circles are for contrast details, while the center section is for compare details.
ELL
Strategic Intervention
Practice Book
Practice Book 3.2 p. 53
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