Writing A Compare and Contrast Paper
An Online Treasure Hunt For Fourth Year High School Students
Roberto R. Binag

Davao City National High School
rbinag@yahoo.com

Mobile phone no. +639269974460

Introduction:

How was your life when you were just in Grade School? What were your usual routine then? What are some activities you still practice today? What are some activities you seldom do or do not at all do now that you are in high school? Today, you are going to write a compare and contrast paper। Writing a comparison/contrast paper involves comparing and contrasting two subjects। Comparing involves discussing the similarities of the subjects। Contrasting involves discussing the dissimilarities of the subjects.

Questions:

1. What is a Venn Diagram? How important is the concept of a Venn Diagram in writing

a Compare and Contrast Paper?
2. What transitional devices do we use when we compare two subjects? Contrast two subjects?

3. Why must one use transitional devices in writing?

4. Give tip/s in choosing topics for a compare and contrast paper.

5. What are the two different patterns in writing a compare and contrast paper?

6. Give different steps in writing a compare and contrast essay?

Web Resources:

Compare and Contrast Writing – Venn Diagram
http://www.newton.k12.ks.us/tech/compare_contrast.html

Venn Diagram – Wikipedia
ह्त्त्प्रegentsprep.org/Regents/math/venn/LVenn.htm

Transitional Devices
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/02/

Brief Guide to Writing A Comparison/Contrast paper http://www.rscc.cc.tn.us/owl&writingcenter/OWL/Com_Con.html

Best Essay Tips

http://www.bestessaytips.com/compare_and_contrast_essay.php

The Big Question:

Select a trade that was common in Colonial times, and compare it with a common occupation today। For example, you could select printer and compare with a modern day printer. Or you could select a wheelmaker and compare it with a car maker today; or how about a shoemaker of yester-years with a shoemaker today? Create a Venn Diagram that shows how the jobs are similar, and how they are different today. *Notes to consider:

Go over the rubrics for Writing a Compare and Contrast Paper first before you write one। Be ready for a peer evaluation.

Authored by:

Roberto R. Binag