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4th and 5th Grade Common Core Compare and Contrast Resources : Page 2

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan.

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #2

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

Comparing Characters: Haunted Hotel

In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

The History of African American Spirituals

Use these discussion questions to engage students in thoughtful dialogue as they read chapters 9-12 of Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan&rsquo;s novel Esperanza Rising!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Discussion Guide #3

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.

Compare & Contrast Supporting Characters

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.

Firsthand or Secondhand Account?

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for the eighth and final part&nbsp;of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #5

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

Head to Head Fiction: Themes

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

Compare & Contrast Nonfiction Texts: The Underground Railroad

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

Thinking About Themes: Reflection Cards

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

Nonfiction Text Features Checklist

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

Comparing Story Elements in Two Fiction Texts

After reading the last sections of Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan&rsquo;s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with these questions!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Discussion Guide #4

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

The Similarities in the Stories

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

Glossary: Comparing Literature Themes

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students continue reading&nbsp;The Great Fire.

Book Study: The Great Fire: Discussion Guide #2

Practice comparing and contrasting scary stories using conjunctions to connect ideas.

Comparing and Contrasting Scary Stories

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

Glossary: Identifying Character and Setting

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

Vocabulary Cards: Sentence Structures for Summarizing

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

Compare Story Elements

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

Glossary: Two Perspectives

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Scary Story Elements.

Glossary: Scary Story Elements

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

Vocabulary Cards: Comparing Literature Themes

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

Glossary: Internal & External Character Traits

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

Sub-Genre Specific Traits Across Texts

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

Glossary: Character Comparisons

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

Common Topics Between Fiction Texts

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

Vocabulary Cards: Scary Story Elements

Deepen your students’ literary comprehension by comparing texts within a genre.

Comparing Texts: Separate Traits of a Sub-Genre

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