CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
Click here for a Venn diagram template that can be used in many compare/contrast exercises.
Click here for a chart to aid in comparing/contrasting two characters.
Click here for an exercise to help students differentiate between 'compare' and 'contrast'.
Compare/Contrast Characters:
Click here for the "Ant and the Grasshopper" fable and here for "The Fox and the Stork" fable. Great for character compare/contrast.
Click here for a reading passage accompanied by follow-up questions asking students to compare/contrast characters.
Compare/Contrast Setting:
Click here for a Powerpoint lesson on setting. This Powerpoint provides short passages and asks students to identify the setting.
Click here for an exercise to help develop a student's concept of 'setting'. Students read short passages and are asked to identify the setting.
Click here for an exercise asking students to compare/contrast settings in a short passage. Click here for the answer sheet.
Compare/Contrast Events:
Click here for an activity asking students to compare/contrast events in a passage. Click here for the answer sheet.
Click here for a chart to aid in comparing/contrasting two characters.
Click here for an exercise to help students differentiate between 'compare' and 'contrast'.
Compare/Contrast Characters:
Click here for the "Ant and the Grasshopper" fable and here for "The Fox and the Stork" fable. Great for character compare/contrast.
Click here for a reading passage accompanied by follow-up questions asking students to compare/contrast characters.
Compare/Contrast Setting:
Click here for a Powerpoint lesson on setting. This Powerpoint provides short passages and asks students to identify the setting.
Click here for an exercise to help develop a student's concept of 'setting'. Students read short passages and are asked to identify the setting.
Click here for an exercise asking students to compare/contrast settings in a short passage. Click here for the answer sheet.
Compare/Contrast Events:
Click here for an activity asking students to compare/contrast events in a passage. Click here for the answer sheet.