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Author study: Improving reading comprehension using inference and comparison

In groups, students read books by Paul Goble and discuss their impressions of the author. Then, as a class, students present their impressions of the author based on the content of his books. After explaining that authors tell stories that interest them... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)

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Be a reading detective: Finding similarities and differences in ideas

Students learn to use Venn diagrams as a tool for comparing and contrasting subjects in nonfiction writing. After participating in an introductory activity comparing apples and oranges, students work in small groups to compare other items by listing the... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Compare and contrast electronic text with traditionally printed text

During this lesson, students compare and contrast the characteristics of electronic text with traditionally printed text, gaining a deeper understanding of how to navigate and comprehend information found on the Internet. First, students make observations... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Information Skills)

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Comparing fiction and nonfiction with "Little Red Riding Hood" text sets

This lesson plan features an example of a cumulative literary experience or “literature unit” structured around a text set made up of conceptually-related fiction and nonfiction for reading aloud and for independent reading. Students... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Creative communication frames: Discovering similarities between writing and art

In this lesson from ReadWritethink, students will build a comparative frame to explore the creative processes of writing and art as communication. Students will use graphic organizers to assist the development of comparative vocabulary and generate discussions... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Visual Arts Education)

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Critical reading: Two stories, two authors, same plot?

In this lesson, students make predictions and analyze literary elements in two different stories entitled "The Luncheon" by W. Somerset Maugham and by Jeffrey Archer. In reading groups, students unknowingly explore two different short stories by making... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Flying to freedom: "Tar Beach and the People Could Fly"

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students explore themes of liberation and racism as they examine the connections, as well as the disjunctions, between two award-winning multicultural children's books. By examining the relationship between two different... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)

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Get the reel scoop: Comparing books to movies

In this lesson, students compare and contrast books with their movie counterparts and learn to think critically about different forms of media. After the class reads a novel, the teacher activates prior knowledge about books that have been turned into movies.... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)

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Jamestown changes

In this lesson, students will study census data showing the names and occupations of early settlers of the English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, to discern how life changed in the Jamestown settlement in the first few years after it was founded. The... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

Provided by: EDSITEment

Teaching the compare and contrast essay through modeling

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students and teacher together create the first half of a draft of a comparison and contrast essay. During the modeling, students observe what writers do when revising a draft as they reread and write. They begin to explore... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink