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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Reading in the Content Area

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart integrates the reading skill of compare and contrast while learning about the solar system.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Alike? Different? Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains numerous interactive activities. The flipchart introduces students to the concept of comparison and contrast, how it relates to real life, how it is used by authors, and signal...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Graphic Organizer Compare Contrast

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This graphic organizer flipchart creates a template to help students compare and contrast ideas and objects. It can be used in many different subject areas.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Graphic Organizer Compare Matrix

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This graphic organizer uses a matrix to help students compare items or events. It is useful for helping students understand and analyze reading passages, historical events, and scientific experiments.
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Lesson Plan
Can Teach

Can Teach: You Are What You Say Personality Profiles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson plan students will develop personality profiles by analyzing the quotes of a character, historical figure, present day figure, etc. Lesson plan indicated for 3rd grade and above.
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Graphic
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Compare and Contrast Map

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Use this graphic organizer to compare or contrast ideas, things, or texts. This is a great cross-curricular tool to use for both reading strategies and prewriting.
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Activity
British Council

British Council: Learn English: Comparing and Contrasting Modifying Comparatives

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Students complete five sentences by dragging the correct comparative phrase into the box in each sentence. Students can check their answers and see their scores when finished with the exercise.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Teaching Made Practical: Compare and Contrast a Book and Movie Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
The book is always better, or is it? Students will compare and contrast a book and a movie using the critical thinking questions included on this site. Also included is a list of children's books that have been made into movies as well...
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Interactive
Quizlet

Quizlet: Story Elements Match

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Match each story element with its example as you race against the clock in this online matching game.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: 4th Grade Voc. Text Structure: Test

For Students 4th Standards
This interactive assessment consists of five multiple-choice questions over the types of text structure and patterns of organization.
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: 4th Grade Voc. Text Structure: Match

For Students 4th Standards
In this learning game, students match the term with the description of the types of text structures and patterns of organization.
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: 4th Grade Voc. Text Structure: Flashcards

For Students 4th Standards
This set of interactive flashcards helps students learn the terms and definitions for the types of text structure and patterns of organization.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: 4th Grade Story Elements and Plot Vocabulary: Test

For Students 4th Standards
This interactive assessment features 15 multiple-choice questions over story element terms with their definitions. These terms include the following: setting, characters, conflict, rising action, falling action, exposition, protagonist,...
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: 4th Grade Story Elements and Plot Vocabulary: Match

For Students 4th Standards
In this set interactive game, students match story element terms with their definitions. These terms include the following: setting, characters, conflict, rising action, falling action, exposition, protagonist, antagonist, point of view,...
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: 4th Grade Story Elements and Plot Vocabulary: Flashcards

For Students 4th Standards
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on the terms and definitions of story elements. These terms include the following: setting, characters, conflict, rising action, falling action, exposition, protagonist, antagonist, point of...
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Assessment
Quizlet

Quizlet: 4th Grade Q. 1: Main Ideas and Supporting Details: Test

For Students 4th Standards
This interactive assessment features 9 matching questions and eight multiple-choice questions over 17 terms having to do with main ideas and supporting details including types of writing and the writing process with their definitions.
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: 4th Grade Q. 1: Main Ideas and Supporting Details: Match

For Students 4th Standards
In this interactive game, students match 17 terms having to do with main ideas and supporting details including types of writing and the writing process with their definitions.
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: 4th Grade Q. 1: Main Ideas and Supporting Details: Flashcards

For Students 4th Standards
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on 17 terms having to do with main ideas and supporting details including types of writing and the writing process.
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: Text Structure: Flashcards

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This interactive set of flashcards helps students to learn the terms and definitions for types of text structure, organizational patterns, and keywords and graphic organizers for the types of text structures.
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: Text Structure: Match

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this interactive game, students match the terms for the type of text structure to their definitions.
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: Text Structure: Flashcards

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This interactive set of flashcards focuses on learning the definitions of types of text structure such as chronological order, cause and effect, compare and contrast, question and answer, sequencing, problem and solution, and descriptive...
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Interactive
Quizlet

Quizlet: Text Structures Definitions Match Game

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This interactive game of "Match" assesses students' knowledge of text structure definitions. Students will match the correct definition of a text structure to its corresponding definition.
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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: A Fishy Tale

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A delightful anecdote sure to spark the thoughts of all students as you teach compare/contrast skills through a text to which they can relate. Site includes printable worksheet and answer key.
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Graphic
Other

Graphic Organizers: Compare and Contrast: T Chart [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This PDF resource is a blank T-chart graphic organizer which would allow for two topics to be broken down by how they are alike and different. Requires Adobe Reader.