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3rd - 7th Grade Compare and Contrast Worksheets : Page 4

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 

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development with these discussion questions for Mildred D. Taylor&rsquo;s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.&nbsp;

Novel Study: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Discussion Guide #1 

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first chapters of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Book Study: A Night to Remember: Discussion Guide #1

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying Character and Setting.

Glossary: Identifying Character and Setting

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 6&ndash;11 of Lois Lowry&rsquo;s The Giver.&nbsp;

Novel Study: The Giver: Discussion Guide #2

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

The Similarities in the Stories

Students will learn about the sword maker Muramasa Sengo, read through the eyewitness accounts, and decide who the trustworthy source is!

Muramasa Sengo

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

Glossary: Character Comparisons

After reading&nbsp;The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, students compare the movie adaptation to the written story.

Book Study: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Movie Study

After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, give students a chance to watch a movie adaptation and compare the written and visual forms of the story.

Novel Study: Anne of Green Gables: Movie Study

Use these engaging discussion prompts to support literacy development as students read the next set of entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Book Study: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Discussion Guide #2 

This exercise is designed to reinforce the concept of comparing and contrasting two texts on the same topic. Your students will write complete sentences with the support of sentence frames.

Comparing and Contrasting with Sentence Frames

After finishing Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, readers reflect on the major elements of the story with these writing prompts.

Novel Study: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Post-Reading Response Prompts

Good readers are able to compare and contrast key points between two texts on the same topic. With this worksheet, your students will practice this important concept by reading two different texts on feeding pets and identifying the similarities and diffe

Comparing and Contrasting: Feeding our Pets

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

Vocabulary Cards: Scary Story Elements

Help students reflect on chapters 5&ndash;8 of&nbsp;Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle&rsquo;s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

Novel Study: A Wrinkle in Time: Discussion Guide #2

Have students compare and contrast&nbsp;fictional and historical accounts with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Compare and Contrast: Fictional and Historical Accounts

Support key literacy skills with these discussion questions as students continue their reading of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Book Study: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Discussion Guide #4

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read chapters 5-8 of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Book Study: A Night to Remember: Discussion Guide #2

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.

Glossary: Comparing Literature Themes

Use this reading guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about the final chapters&nbsp;of Suzanne Collins&rsquo;s The Hunger Games.

Novel Study: The Hunger Games: Discussion Guide #6

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Internal & External Character Traits.

Glossary: Internal & External Character Traits

Encourage thoughtful discussion after students read chapters 19&ndash;23 of Suzanne Collins&rsquo;s The Hunger Games with this helpful discussion guide!&nbsp;

Novel Study: The Hunger Games: Discussion Guide #5

Hanako is a famous ghost story that originated in Japan. Your fifth grader will read about the legend, and then compare and contrast som

Hanako

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

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of&nbsp;The Great Fire.

Book Study: The Great Fire: Discussion Guide #3

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 9&ndash;18 of Anne of Green Gables.

Novel Study: Anne of Green Gables: Discussion Guide #2

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

Compare and Contrast Texts: Same Sub-Genre

How do different plants respond to hot or cold temperatures? In this hands-on worksheet, students will analyze two different texts, comparing and contrasting details in both texts.

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