A good compare and contrast anchor chart should make it absolutely clear what the two ideas mean. This can be something like: ‘compare’ means to look for similarities and ‘contra… See more

So many of my students don’t understand how to compare and contrast effectively. It’s a natural step from analyzing a text (or other source) and picking out similarities and differe… See more

Most students understand the idea of looking for ‘what is the same and what is different’ between two things. They aren’t always able to articulate this as ‘compare and contra… See more