7/10 Comparison Contrast essays

You learn a language socially, not in school

sports teams - community centres, teams and classes
inexpensive, different levels
form a team - join a league, weekly games
Sunday, Monday, Thursday and sometimes Friday evenings
meet friends, companions
- after the game, go out for a snack with everyone
- you learn a language socially, school learning won't do it!

lots of classes - sports, arts - pottery

meetup.com - not a dating site, social activities

- adult hiking group, cycling group

- Volleyball A, B, C

- Put yourself in challenging/scary situations with English. Push your limit. Try to do more than you're comfortable with. Go outside your comfort zone/level.

Perfectionism is a barrier.
If you wait until you are perfect, you will wait forever. Don't wait until you feel ready - jump into the pool.




Five-paragraph essay - basic model, very common model, 3*5 essay

Compare/contrast essay - useful model for school

compare - find similarities, ways that two things are similar
contrast- find differences, ways that two things are not alike

Ways to organize a CC essay:

Basic Block Style

Block Comparison Style

Point-by-Point Style


"Compare or contrast having dogs or cats as pets."

In higher classes, you can often choose your mode of writing: narrative, CC, persuasive, etc.
mode- style and structure of the writing Higher level classes:
From a Eng 12 Provincial Exam:

Using standard English, write in the Response Booklet, a coherent, unified, multi-paragraph (3 or more paragraphs) composition of at least 300 words on the topic below. In your composition, you may apply any appropriate method of development including exposition, persuasion, description, and narration.


Compare and/or contrast apples and oranges.

EXAMPLE OF THESIS STATEMENT
Although apples and oranges are both fruit, they are very different in their taste, nutritional value, and eating method.

Commas are very personal and often reflect a personal style.


Compare or contrast grade school education in Canada at present and a generation ago.


differences -
1. flexibility in schedule and course delivery- online, mixed mode, self-paced, traditional classroom
2. recognition of differences in students' abilities-
ESL, learning difficulties, learning styles,  
3. relationship between teacher and students- old day- sage on the stage, today- guide on the side
friendlier, more respectful


Brainstorming

Introduction
grabber - 
    There is no perfect way to teach. Nevertheless, education in Canada has evolved over the last 30 years. It is now very different and arguably better than it was in our parents' day. There are three main ways that it has changed: course delivery, recognition of differences, and teacher-student relationship.

BODY
First, the way that course material is delivered to students had changed greatly.


4. 





  They say that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. However, sometimes the apple rolls down the hill. Likewise, my son and I may look the same, but we find fun in very different ways.