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

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

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

Our worksheet gives your Hobbit fan space to jot down similarities and differences between the book and film for a great exercise in comparing and contrasting.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing with Transition Words.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read the eyewitness accounts of sightings at Russell Hotel, then do some comparing and contrasting using the Venn diagram at the bottom.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Internal & External Character Traits.

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

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.

This worksheet is all about the haunting at the Princess Theater. Kids will read eyewitness accounts and then write some critical thinking responses.

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.

Students make sense of literary elements like protagonists and challenges while drawing comparisons between fiction texts.

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

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

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

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