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Compare-and-Contrast Text Analysis Lab
Students compare paired stories, poems and articles by finding evidence, sorting details and building comparisons.
Grades 4–12Virtual lab · 5 stations1 student per deviceNo student loginsWorks offline
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Grade versions included
- Grades 4–5: Two stories and two sea otter articles, a Venn sort, color-coded facts and compare/contrast signal words
- Grades 6–8: A short story and a poem on courage, then two argument articles on digital textbooks and a comparative thesis
- Grades 9–12: A fable and its modern retelling, then an 1891 editorial and petition, with rhetoric, assumptions and a comparative paragraph
What students practice
Comparing themes across texts, using text evidence, Venn diagrams, comparing authors' evidence and claims, signal words, comparative thesis and paragraph writing
Standards
OAS Standard 3: Critical Reading and Writing
Common Core: RL.9 · RI.9
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How it works
- Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
- The download has a separate file for each grade band. Open the one that fits your class.
- Each student types their name on the Start page, then works through the stations in order. Each station has a prediction, a hands-on activity, a data table or log that fills in as they work and a check question.
- Students finish with a printable lab report (print or save as PDF). The Teacher Notes include the standards, a full answer key and a reset button for shared devices.
- Each purchase includes the lab files and a one-page Quick Start guide.
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