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.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

With this resource, give your students practice comparing and contrasting the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

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

If your students struggle with how to compare and contrast texts, this worksheet can be used for reteaching or extra practice.

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

Using this Venn diagram, young readers will compare and contrast two thematically similar works of nonfiction.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 this graphic organizer to list comparisons between two nouns.

Use this resource to practice describing characters in a fairy tale. Students will use adverbs, adjectives, and verbs to gain an understanding of the character traits.

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

Three full days of Christmas celebration? The holidays season is pretty amazing in Germany!

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

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

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

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

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

Good readers are able to compare and contrast key points between two texts on the same topic. With this worksheet, your students will practice this important concept by reading two different texts on feeding pets and identifying the similarities and diffe

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

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

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: Comparing Literature Themes.

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