Catching Fire
6th Grade Descriptive Compare/Contrast Hybrid Essay: Growing-‐up Across the World The Mission
You will write a 2-‐page paper descriptively comparing and contrasting what it is like to grow up in another culture versus your own upbringing. Your job will be to deeply explore another way to live in a point-‐by-‐point comparison and contrast essay. You will explore a variety of points of comparison. Some possibilities include: region/home structure, family roles, toys, extracurricular activities, chores/responsibilities, school, work, etc.
Why It Matters Now
We’re all a little different. What I mean is, the way I grew up is different from the way you grew up, and we just grew up in different cities or towns! Imagine what it is like to grow up in completely different countries? Maybe states? The possibilities are endless! By learning how other people live and what their cultural norms (fancy way of saying what’s normal in their communities) are like we will be able to better understand the way we live and WHY we live that way.
How It Relates to What You Need to Know This Year •
CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine
You will write a 2-‐page paper descriptively comparing and contrasting what it is like to grow up in another culture versus your own upbringing. Your job will be to deeply explore another way to live in a point-‐by-‐point comparison and contrast essay. You will explore a variety of points of comparison. Some possibilities include: region/home structure, family roles, toys, extracurricular activities, chores/responsibilities, school, work, etc.
Why It Matters Now
We’re all a little different. What I mean is, the way I grew up is different from the way you grew up, and we just grew up in different cities or towns! Imagine what it is like to grow up in completely different countries? Maybe states? The possibilities are endless! By learning how other people live and what their cultural norms (fancy way of saying what’s normal in their communities) are like we will be able to better understand the way we live and WHY we live that way.
How It Relates to What You Need to Know This Year •
CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine