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3rd - 7th Grade Common Core Compare and Contrast Resources : Page 5

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Comparisons.

Glossary: Character Comparisons

Students will note features of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

Common Topics Between Fiction Texts

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

Vocabulary Cards: Scary Story Elements

Deepen your students’ literary comprehension by comparing texts within a genre.

Comparing Texts: Separate Traits of a Sub-Genre

Get to know nonfiction text features! Use this resource with your class to compare nonfiction text features for same-topic selections. This resource goes along with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Side-By-Side Nonfiction Text Features 

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Focus on the Similarities.

Glossary: Focus on the Similarities

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing with Transition Words.

Glossary: Comparing with Transition Words

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing with Transition Words.

Vocabulary Cards: Comparing with Transition Words

Use this organizer to dig deep when comparing and contrasting texts within a genre.

Compare and Contrast Texts: Same Sub-Genre

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying Character and Setting.

Vocabulary Cards: Identifying Character and Setting

When paired with nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between two accounts of the same event.

Venn Diagram: Compare and Contrast Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts

Students will note details of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

Common Themes Between Fiction Texts

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

Glossary: Pick out the Parts of a Story

Students make sense of literary elements like protagonists and challenges while drawing comparisons between fiction texts.

Head to Head Fiction: Protagonists and Challenges

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Sentence Structures for Summarizing.

Glossary: Sentence Structures for Summarizing

This worksheet will enable your readers to examine several books in a series and compare and contrast the main features across the texts.

Using a Chart to Compare Books in a Series

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Internal & External Character Traits.

Vocabulary Cards: Internal & External Character Traits

Use this graphic organizer to analyze a common topic and theme between fiction texts.

Topic & Theme Between Fiction Texts

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

The Scarlet Flower

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

Vocabulary Cards: Pick out the Parts of a Story

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Focus on the Similarities.

Vocabulary Cards: Focus on the Similarities

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Focus on the Differences.

Glossary: Focus on the Differences

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Comparisons.

Vocabulary Cards: Character Comparisons

This activity, complete with sentence frames and a word bank with key words and phrases, can be used to assist those students who need extra support with writing a response.

Response Writing: Comparing Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts

Use this organizer to draw comparisons between problems and solutions in fiction texts.

Head to Head Fiction: Problems and Solutions

Kids will love learning some fun facts about elephants while developing their reading comprehension skills. Using T-charts and Venn diagrams, they'll analyze stories and explore different characteristics of fiction and nonfiction.

Fiction vs. Nonfiction

Nourish your child's inner writer with this lesson on three different forms of literature: poetry, prose, and drama. After going through some examples of each, students will demonstrate their knowledge by filling out bubble maps.

Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th century writer and philosopher who today is considered one of the first documented feminists and advocates for women’s education. In this lesson, students will read two nonfiction texts about Sor Juana and discuss her life and accomplishments before writing an opinion piece about her. 

Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Your little poets will love how their creative writing abilities will grow with this lesson about similes and metaphors. Students engage in fun activities to learn about similes and metaphors and write comparisons as directed.

Similes and Metaphors: Comparisons Done Right

Every great reader and writer knows that syntax matters. During this lesson, students will use the close reading strategy to focus on word choice, and use their understanding of syntax to develop theories about patterns in the text.

Close Reading Through Word Choice

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