2.  Read the passages on the following pages.
Write a well-developed paragraph in which
you use ideas from both Passage I (“The
Three Little Pigs”) and Passage II (“Little Red
Riding Hood”) to establish a controlling
idea/thesis. Develop your controlling
idea/thesis using specific examples and
details from both Passage I and Passage II.

3.  What is a controlling idea?
 A full-sentence observation about a topic that is
true of both passages and could be true in the
world as well.

4.  What is the job of a controlling idea?
 It establishes a thematic connection between
two passages.

5.  Where does the controlling idea appear in a
paragraph?
 As the first sentence in the paragraph.

8.  I recommend using a t-chart.
Passage 1 - Pigs Passage 2 - Hood
finding shelter
family problems
predators
family
relationships
predators
deception

9.  I recommend using a t-chart.
Passage 1 - Pigs Passage 2 - Hood
finding shelter
family problems
predators
family
relationships
predators
deception

10.  a complete, thematic statement
 can be proved using both texts as evidence
 applicable to real life

11.  Support your controlling idea using
 elements of each passage
 literary terms when applicable
 quotes from each passage
 I recommend a Venn diagram to organize
your ideas.

12.  Don’t use the exact same words!
 Wrap it up!
 Refresh your reader’s memory.

13. After reading “The Three Little Pigs” and “Little Red
Riding Hood,”, both passages clearly show that wolves
prey on creatures weaker than them. In both “The Three
Little Pigs” and “Little Red Riding Hood,” the wolf is the
antagonist and is characterized as a predator. In “The
Three Little Pigs,” the wolf destroys the three brother’s
shelters and tries to eat them. He obviously has malicious
deeds in mind. Similarly, in “Little Red Riding Hood,” the
wolf actually does eat Red’s grandmother and then poses
as an imposter to deceive the young girl and attempts to
devour her. In conclusion, a reader of these passages
would know that wolves present danger to other
creatures.

14.  Read the passages on the following pages.
Write a well-developed paragraph in which
you use ideas from both Passage I (“Your
Personal Best: From Homeless to Harvard”)
and Passage II (“Still I Rise”) to establish a
controlling idea/thesis. Develop your
controlling idea/thesis using specific
examples and details from both Passage I
and Passage II.

16. 1. Read both texts.
2. Identify the topics in each passage.
3. Find the common ground.
4. Form your controlling idea sentence.
5. Provide evidence from both passages.
6. Conclude with a paraphrased version of
your controlling idea.