During this reading exercise, students will work in small groups to look at various sample passages and sort them based on firsthand or secondhand accounts.

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

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

Kids compare and contrast two famous fairy tales with a Venn diagram in this worksheet.

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

Use this resource to help your students track information as they compare and contrast the story elements from two fiction texts

Main characters would be lost without their supporting characters! Use this reading comprehension worksheet to compare and contrast characters from classic novels using a graphic organizer and paragraph excerpts.

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

Children compare and contrast two texts with an eye toward setting in this reading comprehension worksheet.

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

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

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

Students will compare two informational texts on the same topic using a Venn diagram.

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.

Do your students know the difference between Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Labor Day? This reading comprehension worksheet will teach them about the similarities and differences of the holidays. First, they’ll read a passage that provides facts ab

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

Learners practice comparing two stories with similar characters and themes in this reading comprehension worksheet.

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

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

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!
 

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Use this graphic organizer to list comparisons between two nouns.