Our writing worksheet guides your budding film buff as he explores theme and character development in the movie Ender's Game.

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: Internal & External Character Traits.

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

Students will use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast two fiction stories.

With this fun comprehension exercise kids will read a few theories about Stonehenge, and then write a response to tell their opinion.

In this fun worksheet, read all about the Vodnici and then answer some critical thinking questions about the eyewitness accounts.

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

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

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

Learn about a scary condition called Old Hag Syndrome. Kids will respond to the reading with some comprehension questions.

Hanako is a famous ghost story that originated in Japan. Your fifth grader will read about the legend, and then compare and contrast som

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

"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: Scary Story Elements.

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

Making a timeline is a good way to sort out a story's events. Double the challenge by having kids make The Hobbit timeline, one of the book and one of the film.

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

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

Read some fictional "eyewitness accounts" of the haunted London Underground, then write your own version of a ghost sighting!

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

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

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

This worksheet will enable your readers to examine several books in a series and compare and contrast the main features across the texts.

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

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

Students will learn about the sword maker Muramasa Sengo, read through the eyewitness accounts, and decide who the trustworthy source is!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing with Transition Words.

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