ELA.3.R.3.3 - Lesson Comparing and Contrasting Two Texts

Comparing and Contrasting Two Texts

By Alex Meads

ELA.R.3.3

Comparing and contrasting the most important points in two texts on the same topic will help you learn more about the topic.

When you contrast texts, you tell how they are different.

contrast

When you compare texts, you tell how they are alike.

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Comparing and Contrasting Two Texts

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Look at these two posters. How are they alike? How are they different?

Categorize

Options (6)

An image of people

An image of animals

Take care of the planet

Tree in the image

People should plant a tree.

People should take care of animals.

Look again at the posters.

Left Poster

Both

Right Poster

Categorize

Options (3)

People food can make wild animals sick.

Feeding animals makes them stop finding their own food.

Be careful of animals while driving.

Compare and contrast the most important points in the passages.

Don't Feed the Animals

Both

Our Animal Friends

Multiple Choice

Part A: What is the most important point in paragraph 2 of “Turn On the Tap”?

• People need water to live.

• We drink water every day.

• Water washes away germs.

• We may not always have enough water.

Multiple Select

Select all sentences from paragraph 2 that support the answer to Part A. "People need water to live."

Water is important to people— we need it to live! To stay healthy, we drink it every day. We also use it to get clean and to wash away germs. We think there will always be plenty of water when we need it, but that may not be true.

• Water is important to people— we need it to live!

• To stay healthy, we drink it every day.

• We also use it to get clean and to wash away germs.

• We think there will always be plenty of water when we need it, but that may not be true.

Multiple Choice

Which important point is in both articles?

• Water comes from the oceans.

• There will always be enough clean water.

• We must protect our water.

• Ships dump garbage into lakes.

Multiple Choice

Which important point is in “Fresh Water” but not in “Turn On the Tap”?

• We should use water carefully.

• Water is cleaned to make it safe to drink.

• People put harmful things into water.

• Everyone can help keep water safe.

Multiple Select

Choose three things from the list below that the author of “Fresh Water” says we can do to keep our water pure.

• Don’t throw garbage into rivers and lakes.

• Don’t leave the tap running when you don’t need to.

• Only drink water from the tap.

• Close down factories that send dirty water into rivers.

• Take shorter showers.