My co-teacher and I have used the Concept Comparison Routine in various lessons this year including "The Landlady," "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," and A Night to Remember. After reading "The Landlady," we watched two different movie versions of the short story. We then used the Multi-Concept Comparison Table to distinguish the similarities and differences among the movies and short story. Our seventh graders took a field trip to see the movie, The Grinch. A couple of weeks later, we read the story in class and used the Concept Comparison Routine to determine the similarities and differences between the two. With A Night to Remember, we had our students completing background research about the Titanic in preparation for reading the book. We used the Multi-Concept Comparison Routine to review their findings regarding the social classes on board the ship. All in all, the students have done a great job in working with this routine.
