Compare Two Accounts of the Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge

Begin with a shared reading or oral warm-up that highlights compare and contrast so students hear and see the skill in context before practicing it independently. Have students work through it independently and self-check their own work against an answer key before you review it as a class, especially for phonics-based tasks where saying an answer aloud first helps. After completing the worksheet, use one or two examples from the page to start a discussion: "Where else have you seen this in your reading?" These compare and contrast worksheets are ideal for use during small group reading time, as independent center work, or as a homework activity.

Compare a newspaper style article and a made-up letter about the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge. Two accounts of one event can tell it from two points of view. Each author chooses what to emphasize. The directions on the page read: Read Text A. Then, turn the page and read Text B. On page 2: Read Text B. Then, turn the page and answer the questions. On page 3: Use both texts. Fill in the chart. Then, circle the best answers. Then, write on the lines. The answer key covers the questions on page 3.

Yes, both. We made it for 5th Grade compare and contrast, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Teachers show students how authors organize information using point-by-point or subject-by-subject comparison structures, and students practice identifying these organizational patterns in informational and literary texts.

Words like 'similarly,' 'likewise,' 'in contrast,' 'however,' 'on the other hand,' and 'although' signal comparisons and contrasts - students practice identifying these as clues to the author's organizational structure.

When students can identify comparison structures in texts they read, they can replicate those structures in their own writing - particularly in informational essays that analyze two subjects or perspectives.

7 printable worksheets, all free to preview. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for 5th Grade students, roughly ages 10-11. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Each one shows the Common Core code it covers on its own page, so you can check the alignment yourself rather than taking our word for it.