We began class by sharing our charts from last day, discussing our ideas related to the poem, "You Have Two Voices". Students shared what they thought the speaker's experiences were like when she speaks her first language, compared to when she speaks English. We discussed the importance of supporting your ideas with evidence from the poem. We constructed charts that contained our own ideas, plus phrases from the poem as support.
Then, I shared a model compare/contrast paragraph - "Computer vs. Typewriter." I asked students to read the paragraph and note the two subjects being compared, whether the paragraph focused on differences or similarities, and the ideas presented by the author about each. Students handed in their charts at the end of class.
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