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📖 READING (40 Lessons) • 🟣 D. Reading Together
Compare two short stories by telling how they are alike and how they are different in characters, settings, problems, and endings.
Sometimes we read one story. Other times, we read two stories and think about them together.
When we compare stories, we look for how they are alike and how they are different.
We can compare:
We use words like both, alike, and different:
Comparing stories helps us:
You can use these frames:
“Both stories…”
“In the first story…, but in the second story…”
Today, you will practice comparing two stories about kids solving problems.
Picture strip: Two stories and a compare space
How to use this mini-book:
On your paper, draw two boxes labeled “Story 1” and “Story 2.” Under them, write one way the stories are alike and one way they are different.
Frames: “Both stories…” “In Story 1…, but in Story 2…”
Story 1: The lost glove
In Story 1, a boy named Marco loses his glove at the park.
He looks on the swing and under the slide.
At the end, a little girl finds the glove on the bench and gives it back to him.
Story 2: The missing lunch
In Story 2, a girl named Ana cannot find her lunchbox at school.
She looks on the table and in her backpack.
At the end, her teacher finds it on the art shelf and brings it to her.
How are they alike?
Both stories have kids who lose something important.
Both stories have helpers who give the lost thing back.
Both endings are happy because the problem is solved kindly.
How are they different?
In Story 1, the setting is a park. In Story 2, the setting is a school.
Marco loses a glove. Ana loses a lunchbox.
Comparing stories means noticing how they are alike and how they are different.
For each situation about Story 1 and Story 2, drag the answer that best tells how the stories are alike or different. Chips stay in their own question. Then press “Check sentences.”
Story 1 and Story 2 both show kids looking for something they cannot find.
A good compare sentence is:
Story 1 happens outside at a park. Story 2 happens inside a school building.
A good way to tell how they are different is:
Marco and Ana do not lose the same thing.
A sentence that compares their problems is:
In both endings, someone else finds the lost object and returns it.
A good compare sentence is:
At the end of both stories, the kids get back what they lost and feel better.
A sentence about the endings is:
You want to use the word "both" to talk about Story 1 and Story 2 together.
The best sentence is:
You want to tell how the settings are not the same.
A good compare sentence is:
In Story 1 and Story 2, the kids are upset when they lose something and calm when they find it.
A sentence about the characters is:
Your teacher asks, "Why do we compare Story 1 and Story 2?"
A good answer is:
When someone says, "Compare these two stories," the best thing to do is to .