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Conquer state assessments

Grades 4-12 | ML Levels 3-5 | HANDOUT

Crack the compare-contrast code

Dissect the compare-contrast expectations within the standards

Master the 10 Anchor Reading Standards with a Cheat Sheet.

Find common ground when comparing texts.

View a series of whole-class lessons.

Grades K-1

Lesson 1: Compare text details across the rows of a T-Chart
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Lesson 2: Compare literature using story elements
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Lesson 3: Explain comparative thinking in writing— Literature
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Lesson 4: Infer categories of comparison for nonfiction texts/topics
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Lesson 5: Explain comparative thinking in writing— Informational Text
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Grades 2-3

Lesson 1: Compare text details across the rows of a T-Chart
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Lesson 2: Compare literature using story elements
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Lesson 3: Explain comparative thinking in writing— Literature
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Lesson 4: Infer categories of comparison for nonfiction texts/topics
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Lesson 5: Explain comparative thinking in writing— Informational Text
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Grades 4-6

Lesson 1: Compare text details across the rows of a T-Chart
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Lesson 2: Compare literature using story elements
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Lesson 3: Explain comparative thinking in writing— Literature
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Lesson 4: Infer categories of comparison for nonfiction texts/topics
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Lesson 5: Explain comparative thinking in writing— Informational Text
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Grades 7-12

Lesson 1: Compare text details across the rows of a T-Chart
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Lesson 2: Compare literature using story elements
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Lesson 3: Explain comparative thinking in writing— Literature
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Lesson 4: Infer categories of comparison for nonfiction texts/topics
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Lesson 5: Explain comparative thinking in writing— Informational Text
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Recognize common categories for comparative thinking.

Compare story elements in literature

Grades K-12 | PDF

Grade 2 | PDF

Grades 3-12 | PDF

Focus on similarities—not differences.

PDF | Suggested Details

Sentence frames & transitions
Grades K-2 | Grades 3-12

Utilize the T-Chart as a prewrite.

Adjust a T-Chart to fit
various text structures.

Write endings that
don’t merely summarize.

Craft informative
conclusions.

Identify texts to compare for different purposes

Compare different viewpoints.

Compare different cultures.

Make connections between cultural versions and stories with different perspectives.

The Rough-Face Girl vs. Cinderella

Lon Po Po vs. Little Red Riding Hood

Voices in the Park presents four character perspectives.

Goodnight Moon
Goodnight iPad

Compare informational texts.

Compare different genres.

Oakland Raiders – “The Autumn Wind”