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  • Teacher Toolbox
    • Thinking Routines
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    • Common Core
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    • Life-Long Learners
    • Reading & Vocabulary
    • Standards Based Grading
    • Writing
  • Our Journey
    • Hart Middle School
    • Reuther Middle School
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    • West Middle School
  • Creative Ideas
  • Conferences
    • Moving Learning Forward 2015 Conference
    • Moving Learning Forward 2014 Conference

Analogy Building

Description: 
Analogy Building is a strategy that can be used to increase comprehension of a concept or idea. The concept/idea is compared to something else by using a simile.
A simile is a comparison between two different things using “like” or “as”.  The simile is supported with reasoning.

How to Use the Strategy:
1. Identify a concept/idea to create a comparison.
  • Ex: Complete the analogy “Formative assessment is like a (household appliance) because….

2. Students individually think of their analogy (3-5 minutes).

3. Place students in groups of two.

4. Each person in the group shares their analogy with the other group member and discusses their reasoning (4-6 minutes).

5. Teacher may decide to have volunteers share their analogies with the entire class.

Resources
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