Unwrapped Standards: RI.3.9 - Compare and Contrast the Most Important Points and Key Details

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CollegeandCareer Readiness (CCR) Anchor Standard / Standard: RI.3.9-Compare andcontrast themost important points and keydetails presented in twotexts on the same topic.
R.CCR.9 Analyzehow two ormoretexts address similar themes or topics in orderto build knowledgeor to comparetheapproaches the authors take. / Questions to FocusLearning
How cancomparingandcontrastinginformationaltexts on the same topic deepena reader's understanding? Why might authors present information on thesametopic in different ways?
Comparingandcontrastinginformational texts onthe same topic helps a reader seepatternsand make connections to previous experiencesandknowledgein order to deepen theirunderstanding.
Student FriendlyObjectives
KnowledgeTargets
I can identifyimportant points in informational text. I can identifykeydetailsin informational text.
Iknow that important points in atextarethe most important pieces of information the author gives the reader. Iknow that keydetails inatext arepieces of information that support theimportant points.
Iknow that somedetailsaremoreimportant thanothers.
Reasoning Targets
I can compare and contrast how two informational texts on the same topic present themostimportant points. I can compare and contrast how two informational texts on the same topic present thekeydetails.
Vocabulary
comparecontrast facts
important points keydetails
topic

Teacher Tips

Compare/Contrast Mini-Lesson--This is a onepagestrategymini-lessonon compareand contrast. (Source: Scholastic.com)

UsingTwoTexts-This lesson compares and contraststhe topics in two texts.

VideoLesson-- Watchacompareand contrast lesson about crocodiles andalligators. Useto reviewstrategies learned thus far to compare and contrast two different things. Follow-up this lesson byreadingtwo books or articles on the topic of reptiles.Then havechildren choosethe main points from each book and compare andcontrast those usingaVenn Diagram. This could be an individual or partneractivityand could also beusedwith more advanced or maturestudents in alearningcenter. (Source: video submitted bySmartTutor.com on YouTube)

Vertical Progression

RI.K.9-With promptingand support, identifybasicsimilarities in and differences between two textson the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).

RI.1.9 -Identifybasic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).

RI.2.9 -Compareandcontrast themostimportant points presented bytwotexts on the same topic.

RI.4.9 -Integrate information from two texts on thesametopicin order to write or speakabout thesubject knowledgeably.

RI.5.9 -Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in orderto writeor speakabout thesubject knowledgeably.

RI.6.9 -Compareandcontrast one author's presentation of events with that of another(e.g., amemoir written byand abiographyon the sameperson).

RI.7.9 -Analyzehow two or more authors writing about thesametopicshapetheirpresentations ofkeyinformation byemphasizingdifferentevidenceor advancingdifferent interpretations offacts.

RI.8.9 -Analyzeacasein which two ormoretexts provide conflictinginformation on the same topic and identify wherethe texts disagreeon matters of fact or interpretation.

RI.9-10.9-Analyzeseminal U.S. documents of historical and literarysignificance (e.g., Washington'sFarewell

Address, theGettysburg Address, Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech, King's "LetterfromBirmingham Jail"), includinghow theyaddress related themesand concepts.

RI.11-12.9-Analyzeseventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-centuryfoundational U.S. documents of historical and literarysignificance (includingTheDeclaration ofIndependence, the Preambleto theConstitution,the Bill of Rights, andLincoln's SecondInaugural Address) fortheirthemes, purposes, andrhetorical features.

The aboveinformation and more can be accessedfor freeon the Wiki-Teacherwebsite. Direct link forthis standard: RI.3.9