Compare and Contrast Lesson

I recently came across a great book by Laura Rankin called Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie.

Book information:

Theme: Honesty, friendship, feelings

Reading skills and strategies: Strong thought, cause and effect, sequencing, beginning, middle, end, plot, problem & solution, story elements, connections, characterization, compare & contrast, and leveled questions using Bloom’s.

Genre: Realistic fiction

Vocabulary: Imaginable, treasures, twirling, startled, mumbled, and guilty (I have added “guilty” not because it is a word in the story but because it is a feeling that Ruthie experiences.)

Writing: Letter writing, personal narrative using dialogue, journal entry

Students can use this book to Compare and Contrast 3 ways!

• Characters:Compare Ruthie to Martin
• Student to Characters: Students can compare themselves to Ruthie or Martin
• Book to Book: Students can compare this book to another text

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