Comparing and Contrasting
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Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.) | Grade Level: 1
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: compare, contrast
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will be able to compare and contrast experiences of characters within a story. This includes finding experiences that are similar and different between two characters within a story.

  • Other ELAGSE1RL9: Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
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Video : Comparing and Contrasting Character Experiences
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Description: In this video, students will learn how to compare and contrast characters' experiences and adventures.
Quiz : Comparing and Contrasting Characters' Experiences
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1
The adventures and experiences of characters within a story are the events and actions the characters go through.
Question #2

Which of the following was a simliar experiece of the children within the story presented in the video?

Question #3
Contrasting experiences of characters is finding events that are the same. 
Question #4
Comparing events of characters means finding events that are simliar. 
Question #5
Did the characters within the story have three simliar experiences? 
Question #6
Type two simliarities and two differences of the characters within the story presented in the video. 
Question #7
Does contrasting experiences of characters mean finding events that are different? 
Question #8
Did both characters wihtin the story presented in the video have a mom that wanted them to be clean?
Question #9
In the story presented in the video, one child was dirty and one child was clean. These were contrasting experiences of the chracters. 
Question #10

Which of the following events did both moms want for their children within the story?

Resources : Comparing and Contrasting Resources
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.
Comparing and Contrasting Game
This resource is a basic comparing and contrasting game to promote further practice.
Comparing and Contrasting Video
This resource is an additional video explaining comparing and contrasting.
Comparing and Contrasting Educational Resources
This resource holds many activities related to comparing and contrasting characters' experiences. Each reading includes a worksheet for additional practice.