Lesson+1-Compare+and+Contrast

===//At the end of our novel study, you will be asked to write a comparison/contrast essay between Parvana// //and yourself. Last week you worked on comparing your homeland to that of Parvana's. This week we will work// //on comparing your daily life in your first country with your daily life here in Canada. What has changed? What has remained the same? (Careful of tricky verb tenses!)//===

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ASSIGNMENT
1. With a partner or in a small group, brainstorm different daily activities kids and teenagers do.

Go to "Child's Play" a slideshow depicting how life changed for children after the fall of the Taliban.

For example,

Do you listen to music while you are getting ready for school or on your way to school? Did you listen to music in the morning in your first country?

Do you ever squabble with your family or friends during the day? Did you argue more or less with family members before moving to Canada?

Show them to your teacher to have them approved.

2. Go to Read*Write*Think's "Compare and Contrast Map" to organize the similarities and differences you are going to write about in your formal paragraph. You must compare and contrast 3-5 aspects of daily life.

Print it when you are finished and hand it in to your teacher.

3. Once the teacher reviews your compare and contrast map and hands it back to you, use MS Word to word process your formal paragraph. Save and print your paragraph. Hand it to your teacher.