- RL.3.9 I can compare and contrast themes, characters, and plots of two stories by the same author.
Activity #1
Directions:
1. Read at least 2 of the Jan Brett Books: The Hat, The Mitten, Gingerbread Baby, Three Snow Bears, and The Easter Egg.
2. Watch the videos below of the books you read to listen to reading.
3. Choose one character from each book and complete the Character Comparison worksheet (there is a front and back).
4. Complete the "Searching for a Theme" worksheet.
5. Complete the "What's the Big Idea?" worksheet.
6. Make a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the characters, plot and theme of the books.
1. Read at least 2 of the Jan Brett Books: The Hat, The Mitten, Gingerbread Baby, Three Snow Bears, and The Easter Egg.
2. Watch the videos below of the books you read to listen to reading.
3. Choose one character from each book and complete the Character Comparison worksheet (there is a front and back).
4. Complete the "Searching for a Theme" worksheet.
5. Complete the "What's the Big Idea?" worksheet.
6. Make a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the characters, plot and theme of the books.
Activity #2
Directions:
1. Choose two texts by the same author and read them.
2. Complete the Text-to-Text Compare and Contrast worksheet.
1. Choose two texts by the same author and read them.
2. Complete the Text-to-Text Compare and Contrast worksheet.
Activity #3
Directions:
1. Click here to read fables and fairy tales. Click on the word Fables in the bar at the top, then choose the story that has a "2." The "2" means that there are two versions of the same story to compare and contrast.
2. Complete the Text-to-Text Compare and Contrast worksheet.
1. Click here to read fables and fairy tales. Click on the word Fables in the bar at the top, then choose the story that has a "2." The "2" means that there are two versions of the same story to compare and contrast.
2. Complete the Text-to-Text Compare and Contrast worksheet.
Activity #4 - flash required (no iPads)
Go to this website to do the activity about comparing and contrasting information in literature.
Activity #5 - flash required (no iPads)
Go to this website to do the activity to find out what story elements are.
Go to this website to test your new story elements skills.
Go to this website to test your new story elements skills.
Activity #6
Directions:
1. Read any fairytale that is a just right book for you.
2. Watch the video below of the new fairytale Alex and the Sleep Monster.
3. Complete the Text-to-Text Compare and Contrast worksheet for the book you read and Alex and the Sleep Monster.
1. Read any fairytale that is a just right book for you.
2. Watch the video below of the new fairytale Alex and the Sleep Monster.
3. Complete the Text-to-Text Compare and Contrast worksheet for the book you read and Alex and the Sleep Monster.
Activity #7
Directions:
1. Choose two, SHORT just right books written by the same author.
2. As you read them, complete the Side-by-Side Story worksheet packet.
Go back into the text to check for understanding and to find evidence while you work. Remember, you will likely read each book more than once.
1. Choose two, SHORT just right books written by the same author.
2. As you read them, complete the Side-by-Side Story worksheet packet.
Go back into the text to check for understanding and to find evidence while you work. Remember, you will likely read each book more than once.
Prove It!
Directions:
1. Read The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein.
2. Read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.
3. Complete the Side-by-Side Story worksheet packet and give it to your teacher when you are finished.
1. Read The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein.
2. Read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.
3. Complete the Side-by-Side Story worksheet packet and give it to your teacher when you are finished.