Sixth Grade Supplemental Activities
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Activity: Analysis and Compare and Contrast
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
ÿ think critically about images
ÿ use the tools of analysis and compare and
contrast to speculate on meaning
Materials
Two student worksheets: Analysis and Compare
and Contrast
Vocabulary
analysis: the separation of an intellectual or mate-
rial whole into parts for individual study
Sample sentence: To better understand the book
we had to perform an analysis of each chapter.
compare: examine in order to note the similarities
or differences between two or more things
Sample sentence: To figure out which ice cream
tasted better, we had to compare the two flavors.
contrast: to show differences when compared
Sample sentence: Seeing the contrast between the
tall sister and short brother was surprising.
Activity
Hand out Worksheet I and Worksheet II to the
students. Each image and its caption is provided
on the PAT website located in the resources sec-
tion. Resources section. Explain to students that
they will be looking at two images at the same
time and performing two exercises:
Exercise one: Analysis of each image.
Ask student if they know what the word analysis
means. Review its definition and ask students
to analyze each image for setting and artist’s
purpose, using the worksheets.
Exercise two: Compare and contrast the images.
Ask students if they know what the words mean.
Once students have an understanding of each
word’s meaning ask them to respond to the fol-
lowing prompts:
ÿ What do these two images have in common
and how are they different?
ÿ Compare the images for setting, mood,
use of characters, color, style, and artist’s
purpose (the message the artist is trying
to convey).
Sixth Grade Supplemental Activities
Sixth Grade Supplemental Activities
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Above: Woman’s Suffrage (1905), by Evelyn Rumsey Cary
Page At A Time
Student Worksheet: Analysis and Compare and Contrast
Name
Date
Above: Women