Chapter 9 Identifying Similarities and Differences

This chapter is about software for the students to use to help them to categorize what they've learned by identifying similarities and differences.

One way of doing this is by using a Venn Diagram. My students could easily use this to show which nouns and adjectives are masculine and which are feminine and which can be used for both. They could also use it to compare cultures of the different countries that they study - comparing the studied cultures to each other or to their own culture.

I also liked the idea of using a classifying ideas template to put categorize stories that they have read. I like the idea the teacher had of the students using their own system and then showing their work to a classmate. Then each student has to figure out how the other put the stories into categories. That's a lot of comparing - the student making his own categories and justify them, and figuring out the other guy's categories.