Can you imagine celebrating Christmas in the summer? That's what the people in New Zealand do!

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

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

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

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

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

Close reading texts from mixed media puts a fun twist on the usual compare and contrast. This writing worksheet guides your kid in examining the story's climax.

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

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.

Want to get your kids thinking critically about what they're reading? This fruit-themed Venn diagram alternative will help students to compare and contrast two topics or books during or after reading nonfiction texts.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn to Compare and Contrast.

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

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

How do different plants respond to hot or cold temperatures? In this hands-on worksheet, students will analyze two different texts, comparing and contrasting details in both texts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Compare and Contrast Fictional Characters.

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

This exercise is designed to reinforce the concept of comparing and contrasting two texts on the same topic. Your students will write complete sentences with the support of sentence frames.

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.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Compare and Contrast Fictional Characters.

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

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

Did you know that you could celebrate Christmas in December and then fly to Russia to celebrate the same holiday in January?

Practice making inferences about stories with the help of this writing organizer.

Students will have some fun with reading eyewitness accounts of Roswell, and then doing some writing responses on the topic.

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

Learn all about Sinterklaas (sound familiar?) and the fun traditions that kids in the Netherlands look forward to every Christmas!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn to Compare and Contrast.