Overview
This prompt asks students to compare two texts, arguing whether the texts are more similar than different or more different than similar.
Follow these steps to customize this argument/comparison task:
- Review the steps in the handout "Plan for Write to the Source."
- Review the sample task and then fill in the task template fields below the sample task.
- Review the handout "Argument Writing Rubric." Adapt as necessary.
Sample Task
Essential Question: What strengths lie in diversity?
Suggested Writing Product: Complete a Venn diagram showing what the arguments/opinions of the authors do and don’t have in common. Use the Venn diagram to help you write a comparative paragraph defending your opinion about whether the authors’ positions are more similar than different or more different than similar.
Additional Task Demand: Give your comparison meaning by using at least one quote from each text to support what you are saying about it.