Comparing and Contrasting Stories

Which TWO sentences BEST tell how the plots of the stories are alike?

• Both stories are about animals who get locked out of their houses.

• Both stories are about animals who build houses of straw, wood, and stone.

• Both stories tell about three animals who are visited by a mean wolf.

• Both stories tell about how a wolf gets tricked.

• Both stories are about a wolf who want someone else's house.

How are the endings of the stories different?

Which sentence BEST tells how the three geese are different from the three pigs?

• The pigs build their houses but the geese do not.

• The two older geese are selfish, but the three pigs are not.

• The pigs are afraid of the wolf, but the geese are not.

• The geese build strong houses, but the geese do not.

This is an example of comparing and contrasting:

• 2 stories

• characters

• settings

• all of the above

When you compare or contrast 2 stories you look at what?

• The Setting

• The Characters

• The Plot

• All of the Above

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

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

You can compare and contrast stories.

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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