Compare Stories

What does it mean to compare?

• to put two things side by side and see how they are alike

• to put two things side by side and see how they are different

• to put two things side by side and tell everything you like about them

• to put two things side by side and tell everything you don't like about them

Look at the picture. What are words that are used to contrast (tell what is different)?

• both, similar/same

• however, in contrast, differ/different, while/whereas, on the other hand, but/yet, though, although

• also/too, as well as

• none of these options

Read both of these stories. How do the stories COMPARE?

• One has a bear, but the other has a big

• One is about getting tricked, the other is about appreciating differences

• Both have fish

• Both are about animals

If I wanted to CONTRAST these two stories, what could I say?

• Both stories happen outside

• The setting of one story is in a field, but the other is in a garden

• Both stories involve food

• Both stories teach lessons

When you compare one story to another, you explain how two stories are?

• Different

• Confusing

• Boring

• Same

Read both of these stories. How do the stories COMPARE? (How are they the same)

• One has a bear, but the other has a big

• One is about getting tricked, the other is about appreciating differences

• Both have fish

• Both are about animals

What was the same about the two stories

• There was 3 pigs

• There was a wolf

• The houses were made of the same materials.

• The stronger house was was safe from the wolf

This is an example of comparing and contrasting:

• 2 stories

• characters

• settings

• all of the above

Contrast the Town Mouse and Country Mouse

• Town Mouse lives indoors but Country Mouse lives in nature

• Both mice like to eat

• Both mice are cousins

• Both mice like where they live

Compare Country Mouse & Town Mouse

• One lives in the city but the other lives in the country

• One has to worry about a cat, one does not

• They are both mice

• One eats fancy food, the other does not