Comparing and Contrasting Fiction

We have officially finished our comparing and contrasting nonfiction unit and will be beginning to apply this skill in fiction now.  We are going to start out by reviewing the different story elements. I found this video on YouTube and thought it would be a catchy way to refresh the kids' memories. Just click on the image if you want to check it out...

 

After the video, I read them an old-time favorite, The Emperor's New Clothes.  With their partners they discussed the characters, setting, plot, and moral of the story. As a class, we filled in a T-Chart identifying the parts. When our T-Chart was complete, I sent the groups back to their seats to complete a story elements foldable by themselves. In addition to cutting and gluing the meanings of each element, the students did an illustration of what each element looked like in the story we just read. Here is an example;

 

    

The following day I read the students another familiar story; The Three Little Pigs. In their reading center they worked to complete the story elements worksheet, focusing on the areas we had reviewed the previous day. After centers were over we came back together to add it to our class anchor chart.

We repeated the process using the story The Three Little Javelinas the next day. (By the way this is on YouTube if you can't find a copy of the book).  Once again we checked our answers as a class after centers were over. 

The last step will be to use a three-column chart to compare the two versions of the story. I'll get pics up soon!