Your Name: Michaela, Brad, and Morgan

Grade Level: First grade

Lesson Objective(s): The children will recognize similarities and differences in characters.
IN State Standard(s) There are three key areas found in the Reading: Literature section for
grades 6-12: Key Ideas and Textual Support, Structural Elements and Organization, and
Synthesis and Connection of Ideas. By demonstrating the skills listed in each section, students
should be able to meet the Learning Outcome for Reading: Literature.
IN Indicator(s): I.RL.4.2: Compare and contrast adventures and experiences of characters in
stories.
Content: What is comparing?
What is contrasting?
How to apply this to the story.
Using a Venn diagram to compare and contrast.
Materials/Media: The ant and the grasshopper
Venn diagram paper
Motivation The students will get to come up to the board and use markers during the lesson,
which is an exciting experience.
I.
Goal for Learner Today you will be learning about how to compare and contrast
characters in a story. We will be using the story and details from it to see how the
characters are the same and different.
II. Procedure
New Information Comparing is when the characters have something the same. Contrasting
is when the characters are different from each other.
Checking for Understanding We will have Brad and Morgan stand in front of the class and
have the students compare and contrast them.
Modeling We will read the ant and the grasshopper together, which will be the story were
going to use to compare and contrast the characters.
Guided Practice We are going to draw a Venn diagram on the board and have each student
give an example of either a comparison or contrast between the ant and the grasshopper.
Checking for Understanding Observing the students in their understanding of how to
compare and contrast the ant and grasshopper.

Practice Venn diagram paper to compare and contrast themselves to one of the characters
from the story.
Assessment Walk around to make sure each student is filling out a Venn diagram properly.
Check their work to see if they understand how theyre the same or different from the
character of their choice.
Have them explain one of their character traits they thought was the same or different.
Extension Come back together and read The Three Bears go shopping. Compare/contrast
two of the bears from the story as a group.
Closure Today we learned about how to compare and contrast characters in a story. You can
use this a lot to see how different people are unique like we did with Brad and Morgan
earlier! You could also use it to pick your favorite snack, deciding if something you like may
be the same as something you eat a lot, so you may want to try something new! Im so proud
of all of you today. Keep being little literature warriors!
II.

Evaluation
Did the student participate in the group activities?
Did they accurately describe their character trait that was the same of different from
their character of choice?
Did they fill out the Venn diagram with at least 2 points in each bubble?