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What are some of the differences between high school and college
classes?

Discuss the similarities and/or differences between your values

and those of your parents.

A line from the movie Forrest Gump says, “My mama always said

life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re

going to get.” A line from an old song says, “Life is just a bowl of
cherries.” Now it’s your turn to fill in the blank: Life is like a

. Discuss three ways in which life is like the word or phrase

you chose.

Laying the Groundwork for

Comparison-Contrast Writing

Visualize

Look at the photograph of the homeless man and his dog.

Visualize a day in the life of this dog. How might this dog’s life
be different from the life of a dog that lives in a house? How

might it be the same? How might the relationship between the