Compare and Contrast Text Structure Essay Lessons, Passages, and Activities

Have you ever read through your students' compare and contrast essays and realized they don't understand how to write an effective essay? These step-by-step lessons will help your students learn the process. Students also practice this skill with a wide variety of fun and engaging activities including both fictional and nonfiction passages.

✅ Formats - All activities are provided in both digital and printable formats. The digital resources were created using Google Slides. You may convert the Google Slides to PowerPoint lessons for students to complete when they are not online.

✅  WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO FIND

General Teaching

• Vocabulary Practice – word and definition cards for practice + a test on these words
• Question Stems by Grade Level

Hook Activity

3 Video Lessons with Organizers and Activities

Lesson 1 – How to Use Venn Diagrams and T-Charts

Lesson 2 – Three Methods for Writing Compare and Contrast Essays

Lesson 3 – Comparing and Contrasting Dialects and Registers [CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.3.B]

Practice Activities

1. Comparing and Contrasting Story Elements using Two Stories based on the Game – Rock, Paper, and Scissors [CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.9]
2. Comparing and Contrasting Stories with Similar Themes from the Same Genre using Scary Tales [CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.9]
3. Comparing and Contrasting Stories with Similar Themes from Different Genres using the Theme Jealousy [CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.9]
4. Comparing and Contrasting Stories Presented Using Different Media about the Boston Massacre [CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.7]

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✅ This unit is part of a series. Check out all 4 parts. Save money by purchasing these parts as a bundle Text Structures Bundled Set.

• Sequencing
• Cause and Effect
• Problem and Solution
• Compare and Contrast