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

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

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

Compare and contrast your traits with the character traits of other people.

Use this handy genre guide to teach students about 14 different genres!

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

After students read S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, have them compare and contrast the greasers and the Socs using this two-page novel study extension activity!

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

Develop your students’ critical eye with this nonfiction text features checklist! This resource can be used with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

After students read R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and film versions of the story!
 

Use this graphic organizer to list comparisons between two nouns.

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

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

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

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

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

Students practice comparing and contrasting two versions of the same piece of text—written and audio/visual—with this graphic organizer!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Upon finishing The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, readers compare the written and visual forms of the story in this extension activity!

Practice comparing texts that share a distinctive feature within a genre.

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

Students will use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast two fiction stories.

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

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Sentence Structures for Summarizing.