Reading Skill - Compare and Contrast

When you compare 2 things you ask yourself, "How are these things alike?"
When you contrast 2 things you ask yourself, "How are these things different?"

*	Some words that signal comparisons are: both, each, like, same, also, too
*	Some words that signal contrasts are: different, but, on the other hand, however

Let's compare and contrast a car and a skateboard.

How Alike?	How different?
both are forms of transportation	a car is large but a skateboard is small
they each have wheels	you usually sit in a car but you stand on a skateboard
cars come in different colors and skateboards do also	many people can ride in a car, however only one person rides on a skateboard
a car cost money and a skateboard does too	a car has doors but a skateboard does not

What If ... you were to move to a strange place where people don't like you and threatened to send you back where you came from?

Kai was 12 when he had to leave his home in China, and journey ALONE to Gold Mountain (America) to live with his father.  It was 1934 then, and Chinese immigrants weren't welcome.

When he arrived in San Francisco, Kai was detained and brought to Angel Island.  Kai didn't expect Angel Island to be scary and terrible.

Will Kai ever join his father in Gold Mountain?

Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain

(Above and Below) Physical exams at Angel Island. After being assigned a barrack and bunk, new arrivals underwent a medical examination shortly after reaching the island. Unfamiliar with the language, customs, and Western medical procedures, the examination was often characterized by newcomers as humiliating and barbaric. Photo Sources: (above) National Archives and (below) Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation.

Angel Island

Common and Proper Nouns

Types of Sentences Song

Sentence or Sentence Fragment

Grammar Test

Remember to study for the grammar test next September 15th.
It will include:

1. Nouns-common, proper, singular and plural.
2. Sentence or sentence fragment
3. Types of sentences