Element 17: Helping Students Examine Similarities & Differences

1. Venn Diagrams

1.1. Compare & Contrast

1.2. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/venn_diagrams/

2. Sentence Stem Comparisons

2.1. ____ & ____ are similar because they both _____.

2.2. ____ & ____ are different because ____ is ____, but _____ is _____.

2.3. Creating metaphors

2.4. Word Clouds

2.4.1. https://tagul.com

2.4.2. http://www.wordclouds.com

3. Comparison Matrix

3.1. Compare & Contrast

3.2. http://www.ericsestimate.com/comparison-table-generator/

3.3. Google Docs (create, share, collaborate)

4. Visual Analogies

4.1. https://www.td.org/Publications/Blogs/L-and-D-Blog/2013/09/Visual-Analogy

4.2. Cell Phones & Tablets (for pictures/sounds)

4.3. Mindmapping Software

4.3.1. www.mindmeister.com

4.3.2. MindMup2 (Google extension)

5. Sentence Stem Analogies

5.1. ___ is to ___ as ___ is to ___.

5.2. ___ : ___ as ___: ___