Summary
In “Compare and Contrast,” Melissa Boyd teaches comparing and contrasting to find what is alike and different through a catchy, award-winning grammar song. Quick to drop into an ELA warm-up, a mini-lesson, or a language center, and easy to sing along with.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Good readers do more than say the words -- they figure out the main ideas, the connections, and what the author is hinting at. These strategies make reading make sense.
- What reading strategy does this song teach?
- How does using it help you understand a text better?
- Can you try the strategy on something you read today?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: text, main idea, detail, infer, evidence.
Try it: Read a short passage and use the song's strategy to write one sentence about it.