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Lesson Plan

Comparing Texts by the Same Author

Getting hooked on a series or type of character creates reader engagement! Use this lesson to challenge your students to compare and contrast fictional texts as they find the joy in reading books by the same author.
Need extra help for EL students? Try the Pick Out the Parts of a Story pre-lesson.
Grade:
Third Grade
Subjects:
English Language Arts
Reading
Reading Comprehension
Story Elements
View aligned standards
RL.3.9
Need extra help for EL students? Try the Pick Out the Parts of a Story pre-lesson.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to compare and contrast the themes, settings, and events of two stories written by the same author.

Introduction

(3 minutes)
  • Draw a Venn diagram on the board and ask students to complete a Think-Pair-Share activity as they brainstorm its uses. First, they will think about the purpose of the graphic organizer. Then, they will share with a partner before sharing out as a whole group.
  • Label the sections of the Venn diagram (i.e., Text 1, Text 2, Both) and explain that this is the most common tool used to organize information as you compare and contrast. To compare is to find the similarities between two or more things. To contrast is to find the differences between two or more things.
  • Go over the learning objective and have the class repeat it aloud.

Beginning: Allow students to discuss the graphic organizer with a sympathetic partner or a student with the same home language (L1).

Intermediate: Provide a sentence stem for students to use as they brainstorm the purpose of the graphic organizer, such as "I think it is used for _______."