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

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

Use this graphic organizer to list comparisons between two nouns.

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

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

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.

Our writing worksheet guides your budding film buff as he explores theme and character development in the movie Ender's Game.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Our worksheet gives your Hobbit fan space to jot down similarities and differences between the book and film for a great exercise in comparing and contrasting.

Learn about a scary condition called Old Hag Syndrome. Kids will respond to the reading with some comprehension questions.

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

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

In this fun worksheet, read all about the Vodnici and then answer some critical thinking questions about the eyewitness accounts.

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

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Two Perspectives.

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

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

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

Read the eyewitness accounts of sightings at Russell Hotel, then do some comparing and contrasting using the Venn diagram at the bottom.

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

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