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Part Two
Analyzing a News Article: Marketing to Kids Gets More Savvy with New Technologies
ACTIVITY 2.1
Word CoNNeCTIoNS
Antonyms
The words compare and contrast are antonyms.
To compare is to find similarities. The Spanish cognate for this word is comparar. To contrast is to find differences. The Spanish cognate for contrast is contrastar. Spanish congnates: comparar and contrastar
Selecting Language resources
Learning Targets
• Use general academic and domain-specific words while speaking and writing about informational texts.
• Adjust language choices to suit the academic setting and audience.
• Use knowledge of morphology, context, reference materials, and visual cues
to determine the meaning of words.
The chart presents words and phrases you will use in discussion and writing. Think about each word or phrase. Circle Q, H, or T to indicate how well you know it. Work with a partner, asking your partner to explain each word or phrase. Listen closely to the explanation, and then write your partner’s name in the In Our Own Words column along with his or her condensed idea.
Rating
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I have seen this word or phrase, but I have questions about its meaning.
I have heard this word or phrase but do not know it well.
I know this word or phrase so well that I could teach it to someone else.
Word or Phrase
Definition
In our own Words
audience
Rating Q H T
the people who will read the text
format
Rating Q H T
the way a text is organized
compare
Rating Q H T
to find common features between two or more things
contrast
Rating Q H T
to find different features between two or more things
inference
Rating Q H T
a conclusion based on facts; an educated guess about something
information
Rating Q H T
details or facts about a topic or subject
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