Paragraph 3 Comparison and Contrast Paragraph

Prewriting
1. DQ: Which makes a better story fiction or non-fiction?
2. What do I already know about Brian and Donn? (notes only no sentences)

Similarities Compare

1.__Berries__________________________________________________
Details:
Brian ate berries/ other
things, but was there for 54
days
Don there for only 9 days

Details:
Don ate berries
Was always on the move and only was
there for nine days
did not have the chance to eat anything
else.

2._Both saw bears and moose

(plural?)___________________________________________________
Details:
Brian saw a bear once, ran
away

Details:
Don saw bear and stood very
still.

also saw a family of bears

and went away
3.__Both saw survival plane.__________________________________________________
Details:
Saw survival plane
Went to get signal, but
plane was gone

Details: Saw survival plane but it did not see him.

Differences - Contrast

1.___Area_________________________________________________
Details:
Stuck in northern Canadian woods.

Details:
Stuck on Mount Katahdin.

2._Method of survival___________________________________________________
Details:

Details:

Stayed in one place and lived there

For a while.

3._Accomplishments___________________________________________________
Details:

Details:

3. What do I need to know?

Do not use complete sentences and do not reopen your internet.
Add any additional notes that you need.

Drafting (Select the prewriting ideas you want to use. Use your stylus and
number them in the order that you want to use them. Put each idea in its own
sentence. Have at least 7 sentences.)
1. They both ate berries that helped them survive.
2. Don kept on moving and would eat strawberries whenever he saw them,
yet Brian also ate many other things, but he was there for 54 days and
stayed in one place, so he had more time
3. What I think makes both stories unique is that they both had personal
accomplishments, such as Brians many accomplishments, the most
important ones included hunting, making his own shelter and sticking to
positivity
4. Don made his way to civilization instead of people finding him, but other
than that, the only thing is that he had enough endurance to keep on going
and not eat berries that would make him sick.

5. When youre stuck in the wilderness, you better have a method of how
youre going to live, and that is why this is the most crucial reason I chose
one of these stories to be better than the other.
6. Donn went to go find civilization and endure the whole way there, but
there are ways he could have done it better, like Brian did.
7. Brian stayed in one spot and made shelter there, which gave him more
time to develop a life style, and he did live better because he had a plan;
however, I fully respect Don because Don is a real person, I mean, think
about it; Brian is bulletproof compared to Donn.

Revising (Copy and paste your drafting sentences. Keep them as a numbered list.
1. Now, work on making a sandwich revise your sentences that will be your
introduction and conclusion.
2. Be sure in the body sentences that you have lots of specific detail. Add material
as needed.
3. Make your first word in each sentence red. (Check to see that you use a variety
of sentence starters and use comparison/contrast transitions.)
4. Remember that you must have at least one of each type of sentence. Mark
them. (interrogative, imperative, exclamatory, declarative)
Let us talk about a classic battle, the battle between fiction and non-fiction.
For instance, take the legendary stories Lost Trail and Hatchet.
1. They both ate berries that helped them survive.
2. In essence, Donn (from Lost Trail) kept on moving and would eat strawberries
whenever he saw them, yet Brian (Hatchet) also ate many other things, but he
was there for 54 days and stayed in one place, so he had more time.

3. What I think makes both stories unique is that they both had personal
accomplishments, such as Brians many accomplishments, the most important
ones include hunting, making his own shelter and sticking to positivity.

4. Uniquely, Donn made his way to civilization instead of people finding him, but
other than that, the only thing is that he had enough endurance to keep on going
and not eat berries that would make him sick.

5. When you are stuck in the wilderness, you better have a method of how you
are going to live, and that is why this is the most crucial reason I chose one of
these stories to be better than the other.
6. Donn went to go find civilization and endure the whole way there, but there
are ways he could have done it better, as Brian did.
7. Brian stayed in one spot and made shelter there, which gave him more time to
develop a life style, and he did live better because he had a plan; however, I fully
respect Donn because Donn is a real person, I mean, think about it; Brian is
bulletproof compared to Donn.
8. I think that Hatchet is the better book of the two, because I feel like I learned
more from Brians story Hatchet than I did from Donns story Lost Trail, but which
do you think is better?

Editing (Check the following after you have done it.)

_____ Select and run spell check and grammar check on revising sentences.

Evaluating (Check the following after you have done it.)

_____Read aloud to a partner.
_____ Have your partner read your sentences back to you.
_____ Have your partner comment on the following. Revise as they give
you feedback.
Did you answer the driving question?
Have you made a sandwich?
Do your details catch the interest of the reader?
Is your summary easy to follow?
Does your writing sound like you? Did you use words that you normally
would use?
Is your writing easy to read? (check long sentences and awkward
sentences)

Publishing (Copy and paste your revised sentences in this space. Then, put your
sentences into a paragraph. Please double space. Indent first line. Be sure to
center and capitalize your title.)
The Battle of Opinions

Let us talk about a classic battle, the battle between fiction and non-fiction. For instance,
take the legendary stories Lost Trail and Hatchet. They both ate berries that helped them survive.
In essence, Donn (from Lost Trail) kept on moving and would eat strawberries whenever he saw
them, yet Brian (Hatchet) also ate many other things, but he was there for 54 days and stayed in
one place, so he had more time. What I think makes both stories unique is that they both had
personal accomplishments, such as Brians many accomplishments, the most important ones
include hunting, making his own shelter and sticking to positivity. Uniquely, Donn made his way
to civilization instead of people finding him, but other than that, the only thing is that he had
enough endurance to keep on going and not eat berries that would make him sick. When you are
stuck in the wilderness, you better have a method of how you are going to live, and that is why
this is the most crucial reason I chose one of these stories to be better than the other. Donn went
to go find civilization and endure the whole way there, but there are ways he could have done it

better, as Brian did. Brian stayed in one spot and made shelter there, which gave him more time
to develop a life style, and he did live better because he had a plan; however, I fully respect
Donn because Donn is a real person, I mean, think about it; Brian is bulletproof compared to
Donn. I think that Hatchet is the better book of the two, because I feel like I learned more from
Brians story Hatchet than I did from Donns story Lost Trail, but which do you think is better?