Compare & Contrast Essay Guidelines

Dear students,

If you would like more information about compare contrast essays, as covered in class, you will find some excellent supplementary materials by clicking through the links below.

I suggest that you save copies to your computer so that you can access them easily later.

This site has a great example of a Venn diagram;
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/venn/venn.pdf

This site gives a very detailed explanation of point by point and block organization;
http://www.sbcc.edu/learningresources/website/WL/downloads/WritingaCompareContrastEssay.pdf

This site lists common compare and contrast signal words and example sentences;
http://urbandreams.ousd.k12.ca.us/lessonplans/extended/9/garland/docs/Compare_Contrast_Intro.pdf

This site gives detailed explanations and examples of distinguishing features found in the compare / contrast essay, including introductions & thesis statements. There are also some good practice exercises;
http://www1.uprh.edu/ccc/Ingles/Comparison%20and%20Contrast%20Essay/Comparison%20and%20Contrast%20Essay%20FINAL.pdf

I hope it's a help.

Enjoy!

Mr Lee

Internet Research

Trend spotters 

Task: Use one or more of the websites listed to research the job of a “trend spotter” (or “cool hunter”).
Respond using information from the websites.

1. What are trend spotters? What do they do? Who hires them? What qualities are important for the job?
2. What are some ways trend spotters gather their information?
3. Do you think you would make a good trend spotter? Why? What qualities do you have or lack?

http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101030908/xopener.html
http://unlimited.co.nz/unlimited.nsf/unid/8E03FF805F76BD56CC256FB6006C63A1
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2002/jan02/jan07/4_thurs/news4thursday.html

You can also search for your own information. Try using these keywords in your search:

trend spotter
trend watcher
cool hunter

The deadline for comments on this post is Friday January 15th.

Happy blogging,

Mr. Lee