2nd - 8th Grade Compare and Contrast Resources

This worksheet helps students analyze the ways in which stories are similar and different.

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

Use this two-page graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast informational narratives from two different genres.

Students will read passages and compare the traits of two characters.

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

In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

Compare and contrast two scenes from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Learners compare two fiction stories for characters, setting, and plot in this reading comprehension worksheet.

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

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.

Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.

Comparing and contrasting nonfiction stories is an important skill for fourth and fifth graders. This worksheet gives kids plenty of chance to practice.

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

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

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

Students compare and contrast two fables in this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Practice comparing two nonfiction texts in this reading comprehension worksheet! 

This worksheet gives kids the opportunity to compare and contrast two different versions of the Greek myth of Persephone.

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

In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

Students will use transition words to support understanding of comparing and contrasting.

This informative and inspiring worksheet will have your students compare and contrast two athletes who have been instrumental in changing the world of women’s sports!

Introduce your students to two myths from different cultures.

Use this resource with your students to get them making connections between two nonfiction texts on the same topic. They will use a Venn diagram to organize the similarities and differences.

With this resource, give your students practice comparing and contrasting the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.