Comparing and Contrasting
Chart that best compares and contrasts
What is a Venn Diagram?
One detail that describes Jacob
Answer can include the following: boy, young, dark hair, kind/caring, helpful, worried for family, has dog, observant
Define simile
Figurative language comparing two things that are similar using like or as.
Synonym of unrecognizable
What is Unfamiliar, obscured, changed, altered, different than before?
Describe the 5 senses
What is Sight, Smell, Sound, Taste, Touch?
Describe comparing and contrasting
What is finding similarities and differences between two things?
One detail to describe Sophie
Answer can include the following: Big brown eyes, dark curly hair, Jacob's younger sister, likes dollhouses
Define Metaphor
Figurative language representing one thing as another
Comparing two things without using like or as
Antonym of grimacing.
What is Smiling, beaming, grinning, calm?
Provide a sensory detail for appealing to sound
"The dog growled"
"Steer thundering by"
"Pounding hooves of a steer"
"Shots ring out"
*Other answers at teacher discretion
Provide three similarities between the texts "Quake!" and "Earthquake"
About earthquakes, has illustrations/pictures, about tragedy, discuss San Fransisco
*Other answers at teacher discretion
Two details to describe Itzak
Jacob's dad, tall, thin, butcher, soothing
Which is the simile and what does it mean
a)"bricks where raining all over the street"
b)"the street pitched like an angry sea"
c) "the dog growled"
b) "the street pitched like an angry sea"
The street was moving up and down similar to the waves in the sea
Put the adjectives in the correct order:
We watched the _____,______,______ sun set over the ocean.
bright
sparkling
big
What is "We watched the big, bright, sparkling sun set over the ocean?"
Provide a sensory detail appealing to sight
"as if in a dream"
"imagined curtains of flame"
*Other answers at teacher discretion
Provide three differences for both "Quake!" and "Earthquakes"
"Quake!": Historical fiction, entertainment, has characters
"Earthquakes": Non-fiction, informational, measure earthquakes, cause of earthquakes, information on other cities/states/countries
Possible answers could include: Jacob- young boy, dazed/confused, not prepared verses "Perfect Stranger"- middle aged man, calm and casual, prepared
Which is the metaphor and what does it mean
a) "Peer into darkness"
b) "Happy as a clam"
c) "A mountain of rubble"
c) "Mountain of rubble"
The rubble was piled high
Which word is the adjective
debris
aimlessly
frantic
suggestion
What is Frantic?
Provide a sensory detail for touch
"felt as if falling from a cliff"
"mouth felt very dry"
"stab of pain"
*Other answers at teacher discretion
Compare and contrast two things in the classroom
*Answer at teacher discretion
5 Details that Describe a Character
What is Dialogue, Actions, Appearance, Thoughts, Feelings?
Describe one thing in class using a metaphor and one thing using a simile
*Up to teacher discretion
The proper order of adjectives
What is Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, Purpose?
Or
This is a smart, small, old, aerodynamic, green, American, metal, racing car.
(need at least 5/8)
Define sensory detail
What is a specific, descriptive detail appealing to one of the five senses?