You had an opportunity to draw pictures about Viola and Angela. Let’s take 

some time to share the images you created about these two women. When 

you show your picture to your group mates, also read your sentence. 

Facilitation Note: Remind students about respectful language when looking 

at others’ work. Encourage students to make a positive statement about their 

group mates’ work.

Teacher Talk: You’ve had some time to look at other students’ drawings. 

When you shared, did any other person in your group have a picture or 

sentence similar to yours about Viola? [Allow students to share, guiding with 

some prompting sentences if needed.] How about with Angela—did any 

others draw pictures with the same event in Angela’s life?

Step B:
Assessment 
for Learning

ORAL DISCUSSION AND DOCUMENTATION OF THINKING

Teacher Talk: We are now going to take an even closer look and compare 

these two women, to see if there are any similarities and also to look at 

differences. What do these words mean: “Compare”? “Similarities”? 

“Differences”? [Record ideas on the Anchor Chart.] 

Facilitation Note: When comparing and contrasting, students may be 

familiar with using a T-chart. You may need to explicitly teach Venn diagrams.

Teacher Talk: We are going to use a Venn diagram to do this task. Venn 

diagrams can have two or more circles. We’re going to use two, since we’re 

looking at two women. Look at these two hula hoops. The spaces that don’t 

overlap will contain unique details. The circle on the left will be about Viola 

Davis; the circle on the right will have information about Angela James. The 

space where the circles overlap will contain information that is the same for 

each circle. 

Before you work on this in pairs, we’ll do a few strips together. [Read out a 

Comparison Word/Phrase Strip and have a volunteer place the strip in the 

hula hoops. Ask the student for his or her reasons for where he or she wants 

to place the strip. “Vi’s Studio beauty parlour” should be placed in the circle 

for Viola, “hockey” should be placed in the circle for Angela, and “displayed 

perseverance” should be placed in the space where the circles overlap, 

since Viola didn’t move out of her seat in the movie theatre, and Angela 

didn’t stop playing hockey even though some people didn’t want girls to play 

on the “boys’ team.”] 

[Have students work in pairs to fill in the Venn Diagram. Give each pair a 

Venn Diagram enlarged onto 11-x-17-inch paper and an envelope with cut-

out Comparison Word/Phrase Strips. If students are unsure of where to place 

a strip, ask prompting questions.]

Black Canadian Curriculum – Primary – ETFO – 2014