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Comparison and ContrastName : ____ Date & Time : _____Program : ___ Score : _____NOW I KNOW | A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO READINGActivity 3.Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow.Planting a garden is a lot like having a family. Both require a great deal of work, especiall...

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Comparison and Contras

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Activity 3.1 Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow. Planting a garden is a lot like having a family. Both require a great deal of work, especially as they grow and as the seasons change. As summer days lengthen, your plants become dependent on you for sustenance, much like your children depend on you for food and drink. Like a thirsty child asking for a drink of water, your plants do the same. Their bent, wilted “body” language translated, issues a demand much the way your child requests milk or juice. When their collective thirsts are quenched, you see the way they both thrive in your care. The fussy child becomes satisfied, and the plant reaches toward the sun in a showy display. You might also find that you have to clean the space around your plants much like you would pick up toys and clothes that have been thrown helter-skelter in your toddler’s room. Similarly, plants shed spent petals, roses need to be pruned, and weeds to be pulled. To keep children healthy, parents protect their children against disease with medicine, and gardeners do the same with insect repellant. To nourish them, parents give children vitamins, and gardeners use fertilizer, as both promote healthy growth. As children grow and become adults, they need less and less care. However, here’s where the similarity ends. While plants die or become dormant, children still maintain a vital role in the family unit. 1. What two things are being compared and contrasted here?

2. In what ways are these two things similar? a.

b.

c.

d.

3. In what way(s) are these two things different?

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Activity 3.2 Read the following definitions written in Column A. Then, identify what is being referred to by matching the definitions with their correct terms listed in Column B. Write ONLY the letter of your choice on the space provided for each item.

Answer __________

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__________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________

Column A 1. A public transport vehicle, usually powered by electricity from wires above it, which travels along rails laid in the surface of a street. 2. Difficult to remember, or recall. 3. To argue or dispute. 4. The practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information. 5. __________ is a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals. 6. This refers to a liquid obtained from petroleum, used especially as a fuel for cars and other vehicles. 7. A __________ activity, job, or business deal produces a great deal of profit. 8. __________ is a powered rail vehicle used for pulling trains. 9. When animals __________, they eat the grass or other plants that are growing in a particular place. 10. This means “surprisingly impressive or notable”.

a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j.

Column B locomotive astounding petrol graze off lucrative wrangle up stampede tram espionage elusive

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Activity 3.3 Read the two fairy tales below. Each is from a different culture. What are the similarities between two tales? What are the differences? Use the Venn diagram on the next page to list three (3) similarities and three (3) things that are different about each tale.

Fairy Tale No. 1 Long ago, in the land now known as Canada, there lived two native children, a sister and brother. They were orphans and had to care for themselves. This was especially difficult since the boy never grew bigger than a baby, no matter how old he got. The sister loved her brother very much, and she made a bow and arrow especially for him to shoot. He learned to hunt wild snow birds for food, and soon he had enough bird skins to make himself a coat. It was a fine coat and the boy wore it with pride. One day, the boy asked his sister, “Are there other people in the world? Mother told stories of people just like us, but I’ve never seen them.” For as long as they had been on their own, the girl and boy had never met another soul. “Mother told me the same,” said the girl. “She was born to faraway people, who raised her up when she was a girl like me.” The boy decided to seek his mother’s people. He set off for his journey wearing his beloved coat of bird skins. But the sun was high and hot, and the boy’s coat began to shrink. Soon, it was so tight that when the boy moved, the coat tore into pieces. “I’ll get you for this, sun!” said the boy. His sister fashioned a snare out of a lock of her long, strong hair, and the boy snuck out before dawn to trap the sun. He placed his snare at the point on the horizon where the sun would rise and sat down to wait. Sure enough, as the sun began to rise, it was caught in the boy’s trap. “Who will free me from my bindings?” the sun implored the world’s animals. First, Woodpecker tried, but its head grew red from the heat. To this day, woodpeckers have red heads. Finally the task fell to the mouse, who was the biggest and strongest creature of them all. The mouse began to gnaw at the snare and slowly, hair by hair, the mouse began to cut through it. Though its back was singed to ash, the mouse kept at its task. Finally, the mouse freed the sun from its bondage, but not before the heat shrunk it to a fraction of its former size. When it began

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its task, the mouse was the largest of all animals. By the time it finished, it was the smallest. To this day, the mouse remains one of the tiniest animals, and its coat is still the color of ashes.

Fairy Tale No. 2 Once upon a time, before the continent of Europe was given that name, there lived a couple who had no children. They wished every day for a child, even if he were no bigger than a hazelnut. At last, their wish was granted, and they had a child who was the size of a hazelnut, just as they had said. They loved the child very much and they took excellent care of him. When the hazelnut child turned fifteen, his parents asked what he would become, now that he was of an age to work. “I would like to be a messenger,” said the child. His mother laughed and asked, “How can you possibly be a messenger? Your tiny feet would take an hour to carry you the distance anyone else could cover in a minute.” “Give me a message to carry,” said the boy, “and see how quickly I return.” So his mother told him to go to the house of his aunt in the neighboring village and bring back a comb. “I’ll be back before you know,” said the boy. His mother held the front door open for her son, and off he went on his journey. He found a man on horseback who was headed for the next town. The boy crept up the horse’s leg, crawled under the saddle, and began to pinch the horse’s back. Rearing up, the horse took of at breakneck speed and wouldn’t slow down, no matter how hard the rider pulled at its reins. When they reached the neighboring village, the hazelnut child quit pinching the horse, and it slowed enough that the boy was able to climb back down its leg. His aunt was delighted to see him and gave him the comb he asked for. The hazelnut child returned home on the back of another horse and presented his mother with the comb. “But how did you get home so quickly?” she asked. He did not answer her question, but only said, “You see, I told you messenger was the profession for me.” Using his newfound skill, the hazelnut child hitched a ride on a stork that was flying south for the winter and landed in a faraway country. There, he met the king, who was astonished this tiny creature who rode storks as if they were horses. The king was so taken with the hazelnut child that he gave the boy a diamond bigger than himself. The boy hitched the diamond to his stork and flew home, and he and his parents lived in peace and prosperity for the rest of their lives.

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Venn Diagram

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Performance Task 1 (25-30 minutes) Read the two stories below. Then, complete the graphic organizer.

Story 1 Pierre changed into his track clothes

Story 2 Francesca was the best swimmer on

and laced up his shoes. He left the locker

the team. She swam the fastest. She swam

room to meet the rest of the kids outside on

long distances. She was chosen as the captain

the field. It was the first day of track tryouts.

for this season. All the other girls wanted to

The coach walked up and greeted the

be like Francesca.

athletes. “I see you are all interested in being

The biggest race of the season was this Friday. The whole school was excited.

on Town Creek Middle School’s track

The team would race against Leeward

team,” the coach stated. “Let’s see if you

Middle, the school’s rival team. Every year

have what it takes.”

the schools compete against each other. The

The boys began to complete the tryout drills. The coach wanted to see who could run the farthest, who could run the

winner gets a special trophy. Francesca was always nervous in the days before the big race. She had a hard time

longest, and who could run the fastest. Pierre eating. She couldn’t sleep. It was hard to liked to run and he knew he was talented,

focus in class. All she could think about was

but he didn't know how well the other boys

how she would beat the other team.

ran. Would he be good enough to make the

On Wednesday, Francesca realized that she really wasn’t feeling right. This was

team? Each time it was Pierre’s turn to run,

more than just being nervous and excited.

he began shaking and it was hard to breathe.

She visited the school nurse who took her

He was so nervous! The coach realized

temperature and checked her throat. The

Pierre was panicking and pulled him aside.

nurse called Francesca’s mom and sent her

He put his hand on his shoulder and spoke

home from school early.

calmly to Pierre.

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“Pierre, I’ve seen your running skills.

Francesca was devastated. She was so

You have no reason to be nervous! Take a

upset that she came down with a cold right

deep breath and join this group. You’ve got

before her big race. The trophy meant so

this! I know you can do it,” he said.

much for her school. What if she could not

Taking a deep breath, Pierre lined up with the other boys. As soon as the whistle

compete? Would her team stand a chance? The next morning, Francesca woke up

blew, he took off running. His arms and legs

feeling better. Her mom kept her home from

moved faster than they ever had before. He

school so she could rest more.

controlled his breathing and stayed focused

On Friday after school, Francesca

on the finish line. Sweat dripped down his

and her teammates raced at the swim meet.

forehead as he used every muscle in his body

Her team won in every event at the meet.

to win the race. Pierre knew he had won first

Francesca even set a school record! All of

place.

Francesca’s rest from being sick had paid off Inside, Pierre was grinning from ear

to ear. He had successfully turned his first

to help her achieve and lead her team to victory.

day jitters into the fuel that helped him win the race and make the team.

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COMPARING TWO STORIES

Compare and Contrast

Story 1

Story 2

Characters

Setting

Pierre is at track team tryout at the middle school.

Problem

Francesca has to go home sick Events

from school and rest. She sleeps off the sickness.

Solution

Theme

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Performance Task 2 (Individual Oral Speed Reading – READ ALOUD) In one minute, read the following 140-word essay with proper enunciation of words. Twenty points shall be earned for completing the task; otherwise, you will only get 10 points. Going to the Big City by RV Staff Writer J.C.

Jerry was excited as the taxi hurtled its way through the city streets. He’d never been in a taxi before, and this one was yellow and black with a TV screen in it. The driver didn’t say much, but he was probably concentrating, because he was going so fast! He was dashing in and out of traffic, occasionally honking his horn and grumbling under his breath. Jerry grabbed onto his father and the side of the door to keep from sliding around the backseat as the taxi swerved again.

As the cars whizzed by, Jerry craned his neck to try and see the tops of the buildings they were passing. The skyscrapers reached so high the sun blinded him as his gaze followed them into the clouds. He’d never seen so many huge buildings at once. It made him a little dizzy.

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