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Kindergarten - 8th Grade Common Core Compare and Contrast Educational Resources : Page 3

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

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A Tale of Two Texts

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

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Comparing Settings from Two Fiction Texts

Use this discussion guide to support readers&rsquo; comprehension of chapters 1&ndash;8&nbsp;of Linda Sue Park&rsquo;s A Long Walk to Water.

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Novel Study: A Long Walk to Water: Discussion Guide #1

Practice comparing and contrasting scary stories using conjunctions to connect ideas.

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Comparing and Contrasting Scary Stories

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

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Comparing Story Elements in Two Fiction Texts

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for the eighth and final part&nbsp;of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

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Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #5

Encourage critical thinking with this discussion guide as students read the next set of Anne&rsquo;s diary entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

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Book Study: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Discussion Guide #3 

Use these questions to encourage critical thinking and support literacy development as students read the first few diary entries of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

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Book Study: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Discussion Guide #1 

Help your kindergarten students learn about comparing and contrasting nonfiction texts using this helpful Venn diagram.

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Nonfiction Compare & Contrast

In this exercise, your students will compare and contrast two fictional stories with the same characters.

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Compare and Contrast Fictional Stories: First Day at the New School

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from the next part of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

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Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #3

Children practice comparing and contrasting characters in this reading comprehension worksheet.

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Comparing Characters from Two Fiction Texts

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

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Comparing and Contrasting: Feeding our Pets

Support students&rsquo; comprehension and analysis of S.E. Hinton&rsquo;s novel The Outsiders with these discussion questions for chapters 9-12.

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Novel Study: The Outsiders: Discussion Guide #3

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.

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Compare & Contrast Supporting Characters

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

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Novel Discussion Guide for Teachers

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan.

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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #4

After students read R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s novel Wonder, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and film versions of the story! 
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Novel Study: Wonder: Movie Guide

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

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Venn Diagram: Same Topic, Different Information

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

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The Similarities in the Stories

Use this two-page graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast informational narratives from two different genres.

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Comparing and Contrasting in Nonfiction: Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir

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.

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Firsthand or Secondhand Account?

After reading Lois Lowry&rsquo;s The Giver, watch the movie adaptation in order to compare the written and visual forms of the story!

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Novel Study: The Giver: Movie Study

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 5&ndash;9 of The Hunger Games&nbsp;by Suzanne Collins!&nbsp;

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Novel Study: The Hunger Games: Discussion Guide #2

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for parts 5-7&nbsp;of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

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Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #4

This graphic organizer gives students the opportunity to analyze the extent to which a filmed production of a story stays faithful to or departs from the related text.

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Analyzing an Adaptation: Book vs. Movie

Use these engaging discussion prompts to support literacy development as students read the next set of entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

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Book Study: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Discussion Guide #2 

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 6&ndash;11 of Lois Lowry&rsquo;s The Giver.&nbsp;

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Novel Study: The Giver: Discussion Guide #2

After reading Linda Sue Park&#39;s novel A Long Walk to Water, students demonstrate their understanding of the novel with these post-reading response prompts.

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