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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Drawing Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a terrific set of activities related to art instruction. Includes matching, concentration, flashcards, and a word search. Great for art students looking for a fun way to review vocabulary terms.
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Activity
University of Virginia Library

Prism: Narrative of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from Frederick Douglass' narrative and highlight details that show pathos in blue, enlightenment in red, and contrast in green.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share Compare and Contrast

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
A slide show with ten slides designed to build skills in comparing, contrasting, and using Venn diagrams.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Reading in the Content Area

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart integrates the reading skill of compare and contrast while learning about the solar system.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Romeo and Juliet Graphic Organizer

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart can be used after, or while reading the play and viewing video of Romeo and Juliet.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Space Probes to the Planets

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Various activities are found in this flipchart surrounding the theme of the book Space Probes to the Planets. It includes comparing/contrasting, vocabulary development, fact/opinion game, Activote...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The History of Automobiles: Comprehension Strategies

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson targets the history of the automobile in three major phases of its development.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Alike? Different? Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains numerous interactive activities. The flipchart introduces students to the concept of comparison and contrast, how it relates to real life, how it is used by authors, and signal...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Compare & Contrast Little Red Riding Hood and Lon Po Po

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will hear a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. Students can record their retelling of Lon PoPo. There are two sites to learn more about the author of Lon PoPo, Ed Young. Students will then...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Fingerprints

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students identify fingerprints. They will look at contrasts in different prints and make generalizations.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Good Bye Curtis

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson goes along with a unit in the Harcourt Trophies series for the story Good-bye Curtis by Kevin Henkes. It includes a lesson on contractions, verbs, and comparing/contrasting. It is for 2nd...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Jamestown, Plymouth Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 1st - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a chart to compare and contrast the Jamestown colony with the Plymouth colony.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Comparison and Contrast Transition Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson goes over comparison and contrast transition words.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Comparison and Contrast Transition Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson goes over comparison and contrast transition words.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Parallel Structure in Pairs: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses the importance of parallel construction in pairs. Parallel sentences with comparisons or contrasts are included in the lesson. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Parallel Structure in Pairs." L.9-10.1a Parallelism
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Contrast Context Clues

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces contrast context clues.
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Interactive
Other

Meta Chart: Venn Diagram Maker

For Students 9th - 10th
Design and share Venn diagrams with this web-based tool.
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Handout
Other

Literacy for the 21st Century: Six Types of Context Clues [Pdf]

For Students 7th Standards
This is a chart that explains the six types of context clues with descriptions and sample sentences. It includes definition, example/illustration, grammar, logic, contrast, and word roots and affixes.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Lesson Plan: A Nation of Many Cultures

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan is based on the "America Responds" series where learners explore the concepts of valuing diversity and appreciation of cultural differences. An integrated art, social studies, and language arts lesson plan that is...
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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: A Fishy Tale

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A delightful anecdote sure to spark the thoughts of all students as you teach compare/contrast skills through a text to which they can relate. Site includes printable worksheet and answer key.
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Graphic
Other

Graphic Organizers: Compare and Contrast: T Chart [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This PDF resource is a blank T-chart graphic organizer which would allow for two topics to be broken down by how they are alike and different. Requires Adobe Reader.
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Graphic
Other

Graphic Organizers: Compare and Contrast: Herbivore Carnivore [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
This simple PDF graphic organizer t-chart will allow students to organize information about how herbivores and carnivores are alike and different. It also gives a photo example of each at the top of the page. Requires Adobe Reader.
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Graphic
Other

Graphic Organizers: Compare and Contrast: Land and Sea Animals [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This PDF graphic organizer is a t-chart that will help students organize how land and sea animals are alike and how they are different. There are also color photographs of both types of animals at the top of the page. Requires Adobe Reader.
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Graphic
Other

Biddington's Art Galleries: Babette Katz

For Students 9th - 10th
Shows images of Babette Katz's black-and-white linoleum art and quotes for each piece.