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Activity 14

                       Building stage                    With this                   • Using graphics can help your
                                                       graphic, you first
                                                      write details that are   session 6  students to cultivate their
                        14. Look at the following graphics.
                                                       similar and then you go         analytical thought. Using a
                                          This graphic    on to present                graphic may ease the task
                                          allows us to put   the differences.          of making comparisons.
                                        information and labels in
                                         the middle. It could                          Comparisons may be simple
                                            be useful.                                 or complex. This depends on
                                                                                       the aim of the comparison, the
                                                                                       number of elements involved
                                                                                       in the comparison, and the

                                                                                       knowledge about proposals
                      This graphic is
                     not appropriate, you                                            • Make explicit how graphic
                                                                                       and information they have
                     can’t compare details
                                                                                       looked up.
                      because the arrows
                         indicate cause
                          and effect.
                                                                                       elements and the way they
                                                                                       are displayed influence the
                                                                   Remember
                                                                                       usability of a graphic for
                                                                  To persuade
                          •  Discuss which graphics could be useful to compare and   means to provoke   this purpose.
                                                                  a change in
                            contrast information and which would not.
                                                                                     • Take into consideration the
                                                                  someone’s attitude
                          •  With your teacher’s help, gather other graphics to compare   to get something.
                                                                  In order to do       time needed for gathering
                            information.                         so, you might
                                                                 use specific          other graphics besides those
                          •  Choose a graphic that would be suitable for comparing
                                                                 expressions or
                            information.                         change how you        shown in the book.
                                                                 say something.
                      FOR OUR TRIP SCHEDULE                                          Activity 15
                                                                                Selecting graphics for contrasting. Composing a graphic to contrast with
                                                                                Selecting graphics for contrasting. Composing a graphic to contrast with
                        15. Establish the details you will compare in the proposals.    • In order to adequately design
                          •  Include the information you recorded in Activity 13 for each detail compared.   a graphic, you could ask your
                            Look at the example.                                       students questions such as:
                         Suggestion 1: Visit Chapultepec   Suggestion 2: Amusement park    –   How are the proposals
                                                          Located on the southern
                             The heart of      Location   edge of Mexico City            similar?
                             Mexico City                                               –   What are the differences
                                                                                         between the proposals?
                                                              Studentʼs Book  /  Practice 10  171
                                                                                       –   Which coincidences and
                                                                                         similarities do you think are
                                                                                         the most important ones?



























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