Free Compare and Contrast Resource

Help Students Compare Details That Actually Belong Together

“Both characters have brown hair” may be accurate. That does not make it a meaningful comparison.

This free resource gives students a clear process for choosing, comparing, and explaining related details.

What's Inside

A student-friendly lesson that explains why effective comparisons use the same kind of information.

Guided practice for deciding whether two details belong together in a comparison.

Fiction and nonfiction examples that model how readers compare meaningful details.

Differentiated response pages that support students in comparing, contrasting, and explaining their thinking.