Comparing and Contrasting Fairy Tales - The 3 Little Pigs

When we compare and contrast, we are looking for...?

• words that rhyme

• similarities and differences

• right and wrong spelling

• facts and opinions

The narrator of The 3 Little Pigs is the author. The narrator of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs is the wolf. This is an example of...

• rhyming

• simile

• comparing

• contrasting

In The 3 Little Pigs, the wolf was eaten. In The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, the wolf was arrested. Did we compare or contrast?

(a)  

Compare the actions of the wolf in each story. What did the wolf do that was the same? Check two boxes.

• He was making a cake for his grandma.

• He asked the pigs for sugar.

• He ate the first 2 pigs.

• He got angry at the third pig.

In each version of the story, the main characters are the 3 pigs and the wolf. The characters are the (a)   in each story.

Give me one example of how the two stories are alike.

• The wolf is baking a cake.

• The third pig is the only pig that survives.

• The wolf gets arrested.

• The third pig makes plans with the wolf.

Which part of the plot stays the same in both stories?

• The wolf is arrested.

• The pig bakes a cake.

• The wolf bakes a cake.

• The wolf eats 2 pigs.

Give me one example of how the two stories are different.

• The pigs make their houses out of straw, sticks, and bricks.

• The wolf eats the first 2 pigs.

• The wolf has a cold.

• The third pig survives.