Quia
Quia: Compare/contrast Character, Plot, and Setting Test
This interactive activity assesses students' understanding of the story elements. Students will read passages that include a short story and a brief drama; then students will answer assorted questions associated to each piece.
TES Global
Blendspace: Poe: Comparing Versions of the Telltale Heart
A nine-part learning module with links to a video with biographic information about Edgar Allan Poe, a text about comparisons, and links to seven different video versions of Poe's short story "The Telltale Heart."
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Voice Building Poetry Lesson: Comparison & Contrast Poems
In this lesson, young scholars examine multiple mentor texts to help drive them toward the final persuasive writing assignment: comparison and contrast poems written from a parent and a child's perspective. A short story, two poems, and...
Sonoma State University
Jack London: Lost Face: To Build a Fire
This is the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London. This website offers two versions of the short story which can be viewed side-by-side.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Who Was to Blame?" by Anton Chekhov
In "Who is to Blame" the writer of the story is comparing his life with a kitten to prove that no creature can be trained forcibly. Read the full text on this site.
Quia
Quia: Compare and Contrast Stories
This interactive assessment engages students in comparing and contrasting two literary text passages. Students will read two short passages and answer five questions that require students to compare and contrast the content of each story.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Introducing the Venn Diagram in the Kindergarten Classroom
Contains plans for short lessons that introduce the use of Venn Diagrams to kindergarten students. Uses interactive Venn Diagram exercises to make the concept easy to understand. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Emperor's New Clothes: Text
This is adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's tale, "The Emperor's New Clothes" in text format.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Rumpelstiltskin: Text
This is an adaptation of the fairy tale "Rumpelstiltskin" in text form.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Powerful Symbols and Words: Abolitionism & Women's Rights
This collection looks at an image and phrase used widely in abolitionist materials, and at how that symbol was adopted and adapted by Sojourner Truth and/or other women's rights activists. Students will examine an abolitionist medallion...