Search 4th Grade Reading Literature Comparing and Contrasting Educational Resources

Use this resource for your students to practice reading and comparing the story elements of two fiction texts.

Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?

In this exercise, your students will compare and contrast two fictional stories with the same characters.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Readers practice comparing and contrasting characters in works of fiction with this versatile graphic organizer.

Get your students thinking about themes as they compare and contrast two different picture books of their choice.

Kids compare and contrast two famous fairy tales with a Venn diagram in this worksheet.

Use this activity with your students to compare themes between fiction texts.

Learners practice comparing two stories with similar characters and themes in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Children compare and contrast two texts with an eye toward setting in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Main characters would be lost without their supporting characters! Use this reading comprehension worksheet to compare and contrast characters from classic novels using a graphic organizer and paragraph excerpts.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the third part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

This compare and contrast exercise will give your students practice recording information about two similar fiction texts.

Practice comparing and contrasting scary stories using conjunctions to connect ideas.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Use this resource to help your students track information as they compare and contrast the story elements from two fiction texts

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Learners practice comparing a variety of story elements, including characters, setting, and key events, in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this exercise with your students as they focus on finding the similarities between two short fiction texts.

Use this resource to help your students familiarize themselves with the concept of literary themes.

Use these discussion cards to get your students talking about the elements that are unique to the fantasy genre.

Use this worksheet to show how to compare characters’ thoughts and actions.

"The Scarlet Flower" shares many similarities with a famous Western fairytale. Can you guess which one?

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Scary Story Elements.