Chelsea

Manistee and Bay City/Bay County are alike in many ways. Bay City has a nice neighborhood and so does Manistee. Traffic wise, they both can be jammed with cars. Both Manistee and Bay are names of counties. I live in both cities too!

Manistee and Bay City/Bay County are different in many ways too. Bay City is a bit larger than Manistee, and Manistee is a bit smaller than Bay City. Manistee is on the west side of state and Bay City is in the east. There are not to many shops that stay open in Manistee, but in Bay City there is a huge mall that stays open late hours. I like living in Manistee in the winter, and Bay City in the summer, and so, I do!

Joleen

I have a cat and a rabbit. They are alike in many ways. Both has fur. Both has to eat. Both are animals. Both have four legs. Both drinks. Both sleep.

The differences are that the cat drinks milk and the rabbit drinks water. The rabbit eats rabbit food and the cat eats cat food. The rabbit has short legs and the cat has long legs. The cat sleep in my mom’s old car and the rabbit is sleeping in a cage. The cat is big and the rabbit is small. The rabbit is white and the cat is black and gray. That is how there alike and not alike.

John

There are many things the same with Saturn and Jupiter. For one they are both gas giants. They both are in our Solar system and are both made of hydrogen and helium. You are able to see both from our Earth.

But there are also many different things about them. Jupiter is bigger than Saturn, but Saturn is lighter. Saturn has many rings Jupiter has fewer rings. Saturn has 18 moons Jupiter only has 16 moons. Jupiter is brighter. Saturn is only yellow, orange, and brown. I’m glad to have learned about both.

Cari

Halloween and Christmas are both holidays. They are both fun. We get candy at both holidays.

These holidays are also quite different. At Halloween we dress up in silly costumes and run around. We yell, “Trick or Treat” at people’s houses. We cut up jack-o-lanterns. At Christmas we sing Christmas songs and I help my mom decorate the tree. When I wake up I go to the Christmas tree and open my presents. My birthday is close to Christmas and New Year so I stay up to twelve or later. Halloween and Christmas are alike and different and they are a lot of fun.

Here we all are in front of the school. We just flew our space shuttles. Curtiss, Jeramy and Ryan were the winners.

 

Scoring Written Work

Fifth Grade Page

We have been writing compare/contrast paragraphs. Here are a sampling of the papers by the 47 fifth graders.

Joel

Football is similar to baseball in some ways. Both are sports, both use balls, and in both they have running in it. They also are team sports. You can have a lot of fun with your team.

But in some ways they are different. Like football uses grass to play on, baseball uses gravel, baseball uses gloves, and bats. Then football uses pads. That how they are alike and different. It would be hard to chose between them.

Emily B.

Jacob and Benjamin are my brothers. They both have blonde hair. They both have big smiles. They also play together. They both like to sleep. They both like to eat a lot. Plus, they also like to go to the store a lot. Jacob is three and Benjamin is seven in a half. Jacob can walk but Benjamin can’t walk,or crawl ,but he can sit up sometimes. Jacob can eat real food but Benjamin eats baby food. Jacob sleeps in a real bed in my brothers room , but Benjamin sleeps downstairs in a crib.

Joleen

Jupiter and Saturn have something alike in many ways. Both are huge. Both are call gas giants. Both has hydrogen and heliun gas. Both have no solid ground to stand on.

Saturn and Jupiter are different in many ways. Saturn is big and Jupiter is bigger . Jupiter has 16 moons and Saturn has 18 moons. Jupiter has a faint ring and Saturn has a lot of rings . Jupiter has storms and Saturn has no storm. Saturn is colorful and Jupiter is not colorful. This is how Jupiter and Saturn is deferent.

Colin

Jupiter and Saturn are the same in several ways. There the biggest planet. There are called the the gas planet. There are made of hydrogen & helium. They have no land to stand on.

Jupiter is the biggest planet. It has 16 teen moons. It has a big red spot. It has rings but we can’t see them. Saturn has 4 moon. it has rings that we can see.

Andrea

Rabbit both eat and sleep. My cat eats cat food and sleeps in my mom’s bed. My rabbit eat’s rabbit food and sleeps in her cage. They are both nice pets and they are also mammals.

My cat and my Rabbit are similar. My cat is very different from my rabbit. My cat has all different color fur and my rabbit has white fur. Also my cat runs or walks and my rabbit hops. My cat is always scared and my rabbit is very calm. They are both my pets and I like them both equally

Nate

Tackle Football & Flag Football are alike in some ways. You run in both of them . You can touch in both. In both you wear gear.

There are differences between them too. In tackle football you wear pads. You get tackled and that hurts. In flag football you don’t get tackled so you don’t get hurt. In flag football you don’t get to push people down. I like to push people down. So I guess I like Tackle football better.

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