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English · Grade 7

Compare Informational Accounts

Learners compare two fictional accounts of a city's plan to close a neighborhood library branch: a city budget office press release and a community newspaper feature. They identify central ideas in each, analyze which evidence each author emphasizes, test competing interpretations of the same visitor data with a chart, examine how authors set their positions against others, and write a comparison.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 100 minutes
  • Comparing accounts check: 8 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, type a number, sort into groups and write a short answer
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What learners will discover

  • Determine two or more central ideas in each of two accounts and summarize them objectively.
  • Analyze how two authors writing about the same topic emphasize different evidence.
  • Analyze how authors advance different interpretations of the same facts, and judge which interpretation is better supported.
  • Analyze how an author distinguishes his or her position from the positions of others.
  • Write a comparison of how two accounts present the same topic.

Lessons

  1. Two accounts, their central ideas 5 steps2 practiceabout 25 min
  2. Different evidence, different pictures 5 steps3 practiceabout 24 min
  3. Same facts, different interpretations 5 steps3 practiceabout 25 min
  4. Positions and comparison writing 5 steps3 practiceabout 26 min
  5. Comparing accounts check 8 questions at the end

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