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

This worksheet helps students analyze the ways in which stories are similar and different.

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

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

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

Use this resource to get your students comparing and contrasting information from two short texts.

"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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

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

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

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

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

Learn how frogs and butterflies transform as they grow into adults!