Comparison and contrast

Lesson plan on two ways to organize an essay that compares two poems.

Model introductions and body paragraphs for the Yeats and Updike comparison.

Answers to the questions for analyzing and evaluating Updike's "The Great Scarf of Birds."

Answers to the questions for analyzing and evaluating Yeats's "The Wild Swans at Coole."

Steps for organizing an essay that compares the Yeats and Updike poems.

An AP-style prompt that asks students to compare Keats's "Bright Star" with Frost's "Choose Something Like a Star."

An AP-style prompt that asks students how Yeats's "The Wild Swans at Coole" shapes Updike's "The Great Scarf of Birds."

The scoring rubric for the essay that compares the Keats and Frost poems.

The scoring rubric for the timed essay on the Yeats and Updike poems.

A sample essay on the Keats and Frost star poems that scores a 7.

A sample essay on the Keats and Frost star poems that scores a 9.