Character compare and contrast

This graphic organizer allows students to compare and contrast two characters in the text. It is an ideal reading response for upper elementary grades, but can also be modified for younger (write less) and older (use more evidence from text) students.

Need to teach compare and contrast to your students? You're going to love the ideas, resources, videos, and FREE download at this blog post! Click through to see how this could help your 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade reading students excel! {second, third,

This blog post contains a FREE compare and contrast reading activity! Materials are included so you can replicate the compare and contrast anchor chart and lesson for your own upper elementary and middle school students.

Compare and contrast

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Character traits anchor chart

This bundle contains 5 ready-to-use Compare & contrast worksheets which are a perfect collection to help students to practice their knowledge and understanding of comparing multiple subject matters within text.

I’m back for the next part of our character development lesson using Verdi by Janell Cannon. For this lesson, I will be sharing how we used the book to compare and contrast two or more characters in a story, drawing on specific details from the text. To read the first blog post in this series, and to...

As we have entered the month of August, every teacher, whether she likes it or not, starts thinking about school. Some of us have dreams (or nightmares). Some of us go on a Pinterest spree. We walk through Target and ask ourselves "What do I 'need' from the dollar section?" You don't do this? Okay, maybe it's just me. Anyway, we are also thinking about what were some of our students' challenges last year, and how we will address them this year. My third and fourth graders had difficulty with…