Can You Spot the Difference?

Do you remember those puzzles in children’s magazines that had you spot the difference between two very similar photos? Little did we know that those puzzles were testing our skills, preparing us to be able to compare and contrast when we got older. Put your middle and high schoolers to the test with Writing: Compare/Contrast. Sharon Watson’s 10-week mini-course will help students learn the fine art of comparing and contrasting what they write. Through written instruction, humorous images, and topics of interest, students will gain skill in this style of writing that few have mastered. Lessons include comparing and contrasting sentences and paragraphs, Ping-Pongs, review and organization, dovetailing, description in fiction, the block method, and the feature method. Continue to Test Your Knowledge with a collection of 83 short puzzles and quizzes for the whole family on a variety of subjects, including American history, Bible, chemistry, geography, grammar, literature, math, science, Shakespeare, vocabulary, world history, and special Christmas puzzles.

Tammie Bairen
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