Same and Different: Comparing Two Stories

You can compare two stories by asking how they are the same and how they are different. Look at characters, settings, problems, and lessons. Story one: 'A turtle kept walking slowly and won a race against a fast hare who took a nap.

' Story two: 'A small ant kept carrying crumbs, one by one, and filled her home before the storm. ' Same: both have a small, slow character who keeps going, and both teach that steady work pays off.

Different: one is a race, the other is about getting food before a storm.

• 1Compare characters, settings, problems, and lessons.
• 2Say how the stories are the same.
• 3Say how the stories are different.