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How to Teach Students to Compare and Contrast

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Title:

How to Teach Students to Compare and Contrast

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Overview:

This quick animation video provides a fun and engaging introduction to compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, events, drawing on specific details of a story.

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English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 3	22. Describe literary elements within a story, including setting, plot, characters, and themes. a. Describe in detail the characters' behavior, emotions, and traits and explain how their actions influence events in the story. b. Explain how the characters' actions and dialogue contribute to the meaning of the story. c. Identify the central message, theme, or moral in a story, including myths, fables, and folktales, and explain the meaning conveyed in the passage. d. Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots from two texts. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 22. Describe Literary elements Story Setting Plot Characters Themes 22a. Describe Character Behaviors Emotions Traits Actions Influence Events 22b. Explain Characters Actions Dialogue Contribute Meaning 22c. Central message Theme Moral Myths Fables Folktales Conveyed 22d. Compare Contrast Theme Setting Plot Stories Knowledge: 22. Students know: Literary elements within a story include the setting, plot, characters, and themes. Setting is when and where a story takes place. Plot is the main events of a story (often referred to as the beginning, middle, and end of a story). Characters are any person, animal, or figure that affect the plot. Theme is the main, recurring idea in a text. 22a. A story author provides descriptions of the characters' behavior, emotions, and traits. The actions of characters in a story affect the events, or plot, of the story. 22b. The actions of characters in a story affect the events, or plot, of the story. The dialogue, or spoken words, of characters in a story affect the plot of the story. 22c. Qualities of myths, fables, and folktales. Many stories have a central message, theme, or moral. A central message or moral is the lesson that is learned through the story or the one big idea of the story. The central message, theme, or moral is conveyed through key details. 22d. Compare means tell how things are alike or similar. Contrast means tell how things are different. Literary elements from different texts, like themes, settings, and plots, can be compared and contrasted. Setting is when and where a story takes place. Plot is the main events of a story (often referred to as the beginning, middle, and end of a story). Theme is the main, recurring idea in a text. Skills: 22. Students are able to: Identify and describe the literary elements, including setting, plot, characters, and theme, within the text. 22a. Provide a detailed description of story characters' behavior, emotions, and traits. Explain how story characters' actions affect the events of the story. 22b. Explain how the actions of characters' contribute to the meaning of the story. Explain how the dialogue between two or more characters contributes to the meaning of the story. 22c. Identify the central message, theme, or moral of a story, including myths, fables, and folktales. Explain the meaning of the central message, theme, or moral conveyed in the passage. 22d. Compare and contrast literary elements, such as themes, settings, and plots, of two texts. Understanding: 22. Students understand that: Identifying and describing literary elements within a story will help in comprehending the text. 22a. Understanding each character's behavior, emotions, and traits will help them better understand a story's plot. Characters in a story drive the plot by engaging in different actions. 22b. Characters' actions and dialogue contribute to the meaning of a story. Understanding the actions and dialogue of story characters improves overall comprehension of the text. 22c. Understanding the meaning of the central message, theme, or moral of a story will improve overall comprehension of the passage. Myths, fables, and folktales are types of narrative stories that often include a moral. 22d. Comparing and contrasting literary elements can improve their comprehension, or understanding, of both texts.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 4	18. Identify the point of view in a narrative and describe how the narrative would be different if told from the perspective of a different character or narrator. a. Compare and contrast firsthand and secondhand accounts of the same event or topic, describing the differences in focus and the information provided. b. Compare the perspectives of different characters within a text. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 18. Point of view Narrative Narrator Character 18a. Compare Contrast Firsthand accounts Secondhand accounts Event Topic Focus 18b. Perspective Knowledge: 18. Students know: A narrative is a story that is told either by a narrator or a character in the story. 18a. Compare means tell how things are alike or similar, and contrast means tell how things are different. A firsthand account can be told by someone who was personally present at the event or has personal experience with the topic. A secondhand account can be told by someone who received information about an event or topic from someone with firsthand experience. 18b. Characters in a text will have different perspectives, views, and opinions. Skills: 18. Students are able to: Identify the point of view in a narrative. Describe how a narrative would be different if told from the perspective of a different character or narrator. 18a. Compare and contrast firsthand and secondhand accounts of the same event or topic. Describe the differences in focus and the information provided in firsthand and secondhand accounts. 18b. Compare the perspectives of different characters within a text. Understanding: 18. Students understand that: Narratives can be told from different points of view that offer different perspectives. A story will change if it is told by a different character or narrator. 18a. Information a reader gets in a text is impacted by the source of the information. 18b. The perspective of characters in a text are often different.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 5	21. Compare and contrast characters, points of view, or events in two or more literary texts. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 21. Compare Contrast Characters Point of view Events Literary texts Knowledge: 21. Students know: Compare means tell how things are alike or similar, and contrast means tell how things are different. There will be similarities and differences between characters, points of view, and events among literary texts. Skills: 21. Students are able to: Identify similarities between characters, points, of view, or events in two or more literary texts. Identify differences between characters, points, of view, or events in two or more literary texts. Understanding: 21. Students understand that: Although literary texts may have common elements, like characters, points of view, and plot events, there will similarities and differences among these elements.

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How to Teach Students to Compare and Contrast