Venn Diagrams
What are two ways that horses and cows are alike?
They both have 4 legs and eat grass and hay. They both can be brown, black, or white.
What are two ways that school and home and different?
School has classrooms and home has bedrooms. School has a principal and home has parents.
How are Hansel and Gretel the same?
They both were abandoned in the woods. They found the witch's house in the woods and were treated badly by her. They both found their way back home to their dad.
What is another word or phrase for contrast?
Difference or not the same.
What is the purpose of a Venn Diagram?
To compare and contrast 2 different things.
What are three ways that football and baseball are the same?
They are both played with a ball. They are both played outside. To win the game, one team has to have more points than the other.
Name two ways that football and baseball are different?
In football you have to get a goal, and in baseball you hit a homerun. Baseball is played with a bat and football is not.
Give one comparison of Version 1 and Version 2 of "Hanzel and Gretel."
They both had the same characters (Hansel and Gretel) and they lived happily ever after in the end.
Is this a good contrasting statement? Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood are both fairy tales.
False
How many shapes make up a Venn Diagram?
2
What does it mean to compare two things?
To find how they are the same or similar.
Do people contrast things to tell how they are alike? Yes or No
No. They contrast things to find how they are different.
What is another word for compare?
Similar or the same.
Give one difference between Hansel and Gretel.
Hansel was locked in a cage and Gretel had to help the witch cook.
What does the middle of the Venn Diagram tell you?
How the 2 things are the same.
Would this be a correct comparsion: A cat and a dog are the same because they both chase mice. True or False
False. Dogs don't chase mice.
Would this be a correct contrast? A cat and a dog are different because a cat is a pet and a dog is not. True or False
False. Both are pets.
Is this a good comparison? Basketball is played on a court and soccer is played on a field.
No. (Compare means to look at what is similar.)
Contrast Jack (from "Jack and the Beanstalk") and the giant.
Jack can be said to be both lazy and brave. The giant is frightening.
What are the two outside sections of the Venn Diagram used for?
To contrast (show what is different about) the 2 things.
Give two comparisons for Mrs. Willingham and Mr. Baer.
They are both assistant principals (administrators) and they both work at HCMS.
Would this be a good contrast? Math is about numbers and Literacy is about reading. True or False?
True.
Give one comparison for Hansel and Gretel.
They both were abandoned in the woods.
Create a Venn diagram about pizza and tacos with at least 2 notes in each space.
Examples of what is different: Pizza is round and tacos are not. Pizza is often delivered to homes (tacos not so much). Pizza is influenced by Italian cooking and tacos are influenced by Mexican cooking.
Examples of what is the same/similar: Many toppings (including cheese), are eaten, are tasty.