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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Comparative and Superlative.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Comparisons.

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Focus on the Differences.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Focus on the Similarities.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Focus on the Similarities.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.