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Practice Set Worksheet

Comparison and Contrast NOW I KNOW | A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO READING

Name : ________________________ Date & Time : _____________


Program : _______________________ Score : _____________

Activity 3.1

Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow.

Planting a garden is a lot like having a family. Both require a great deal of work, especially as
they grow and as the seasons change. As summer days lengthen, your plants become dependent on
you for sustenance, much like your children depend on you for food and drink. Like a thirsty child
asking for a drink of water, your plants do the same. Their bent, wilted “body” language
translated, issues a demand much the way your child requests milk or juice. When their collective
thirsts are quenched, you see the way they both thrive in your care. The fussy child becomes
satisfied, and the plant reaches toward the sun in a showy display. You might also find that you
have to clean the space around your plants much like you would pick up toys and clothes that have
been thrown helter-skelter in your toddler’s room. Similarly, plants shed spent petals, roses need
to be pruned, and weeds to be pulled. To keep children healthy, parents protect their children
against disease with medicine, and gardeners do the same with insect repellant. To nourish them,
parents give children vitamins, and gardeners use fertilizer, as both promote healthy growth. As
children grow and become adults, they need less and less care. However, here’s where the
similarity ends. While plants die or become dormant, children still maintain a vital role in the
family unit.

1. What two things are being compared and contrasted here?

 Planting a garden and having a family are the two things being compared and contrasted in
the paragraph.

2. In what ways are these two things similar?

a. Both require a great deal of work, especially as they grow and as the seasons change.

b. As summer days lengthen, your plants become dependent on you for sustenance, much like
your children depend on you for food and drink.

c. You have to clean the space around your plants much like you would pick up toys and clothes
that have been thrown helter-skelter in your toddler’s room. Similarly, plants shed spent petals,
roses need to be pruned, and weeds to be pulled.

d. To keep children healthy, parents protect their children against disease with medicine, and
gardeners do the same with insect repellant. To nourish them, parents give children vitamins, and
gardeners use fertilizer, as both promote healthy growth.

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Practice Set Worksheet
Comparison and Contrast NOW I KNOW | A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO READING

Name : ________________________ Date & Time : _____________


Program : _______________________ Score : _____________

3. In what way(s) are these two things different?

 The difference between the two things is that while plants die or become dormant,
children still maintain a vital role in the family unit.

Activity 3.2
Read the following definitions written in Column A. Then, identify what is being referred to by
matching the definitions with their correct terms listed in Column B. Write ONLY the letter of
your choice on the space provided for each item.

Answe Column A Column B


r
h. 1. A public transport vehicle, usually powered by electricity from a. locomotive
wires above it, which travels along rails laid in the surface of b. astounding
a street. c. petrol
j. 2. Difficult to remember, or recall. d. graze off
f. 3. To argue or dispute. e. lucrative
i. 4. The practice of spying or of using spies, typically by f. wrangle up
governments to obtain political and military information. g. stampede
5. __________ is a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, h. tram
g. cattle, or other animals. i. espionage
j. elusive
c. 6. This refers to a liquid obtained from petroleum, used
especially as a fuel for cars and other vehicles.
e. 7. A __________ activity, job, or business deal produces a great
deal of profit.
a. 8. __________ is a powered rail vehicle used for pulling trains.

d. 9. When animals __________, they eat the grass or other plants


that are growing in a particular place.
b. 10. This means “surprisingly impressive or notable”.

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Practice Set Worksheet
Comparison and Contrast NOW I KNOW | A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO READING

Name : ________________________ Date & Time : _____________


Program : _______________________ Score : _____________

Activity 3.3
Read the two fairy tales below. Each is from a different culture. What are the similarities between
two tales? What are the differences? Use the Venn diagram on the next page to list three (3)
similarities and three (3) things that are different about each tale.

Fairy Tale No. 1


Long ago, in the land now known as Canada, there lived two native children, a sister and
brother. They were orphans and had to care for themselves. This was especially difficult since the
boy never grew bigger than a baby, no matter how old he got.
The sister loved her brother very much, and she made a bow and arrow especially for him
to shoot. He learned to hunt wild snow birds for food, and soon he had enough bird skins to make
himself a coat. It was a fine coat and the boy wore it with pride.
One day, the boy asked his sister, “Are there other people in the world? Mother told stories
of people just like us, but I’ve never seen them.” For as long as they had been on their own, the girl
and boy had never met another soul. “Mother told me the same,” said the girl. “She was born to
faraway people, who raised her up when she was a girl like me.” The boy decided to seek his
mother’s people.
He set off for his journey wearing his beloved coat of bird skins. But the sun was high and
hot, and the boy’s coat began to shrink. Soon, it was so tight that when the boy moved, the coat
tore into pieces.
“I’ll get you for this, sun!” said the boy. His sister fashioned a snare out of a lock of her
long, strong hair, and the boy snuck out before dawn to trap the sun. He placed his snare at the
point on the horizon where the sun would rise and sat down to wait. Sure enough, as the sun began
to rise, it was caught in the boy’s trap.
“Who will free me from my bindings?” the sun implored the world’s animals. First,
Woodpecker tried, but its head grew red from the heat. To this day, woodpeckers have red heads.
Finally the task fell to the mouse, who was the biggest and strongest creature of them all. The
mouse began to gnaw at the snare and slowly, hair by hair, the mouse began to cut through it.

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Though its back was singed to ash, the mouse kept at its task. Finally, the mouse freed the sun
from its bondage, but not before the heat shrunk it to a fraction of its former size. When it began
its task, the mouse was the largest of all animals. By the time it finished, it was the smallest. To this
day, the mouse remains one of the tiniest animals, and its coat is still the color of ashes.

Fairy Tale No. 2


Once upon a time, before the continent of Europe was given that name, there lived a couple
who had no children. They wished every day for a child, even if he were no bigger than a hazelnut.
At last, their wish was granted, and they had a child who was the size of a hazelnut, just as they
had said. They loved the child very much and they took excellent care of him.
When the hazelnut child turned fifteen, his parents asked what he would become, now that
he was of an age to work. “I would like to be a messenger,” said the child. His mother laughed and
asked, “How can you possibly be a messenger? Your tiny feet would take an hour to carry you the
distance anyone else could cover in a minute.”
“Give me a message to carry,” said the boy, “and see how quickly I return.” So his mother
told him to go to the house of his aunt in the neighboring village and bring back a comb. “I’ll be
back before you know,” said the boy. His mother held the front door open for her son, and off he
went on his journey. He found a man on horseback who was headed for the next town. The boy
crept up the horse’s leg, crawled under the saddle, and began to pinch the horse’s back. Rearing
up, the horse took of at breakneck speed and wouldn’t slow down, no matter how hard the rider
pulled at its reins. When they reached the neighboring village, the hazelnut child quit pinching the
horse, and it slowed enough that the boy was able to climb back down its leg. His aunt was
delighted to see him and gave him the comb he asked for.
The hazelnut child returned home on the back of another horse and presented his mother
with the comb. “But how did you get home so quickly?” she asked. He did not answer her
question, but only said, “You see, I told you messenger was the profession for me.”
Using his newfound skill, the hazelnut child hitched a ride on a stork that was flying south
for the winter and landed in a faraway country. There, he met the king, who was astonished this
tiny creature who rode storks as if they were horses. The king was so taken with the hazelnut child

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Practice Set Worksheet
Comparison and Contrast NOW I KNOW | A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO READING

Name : ________________________ Date & Time : _____________


Program : _______________________ Score : _____________

that he gave the boy a diamond bigger than himself. The boy hitched the diamond to his stork and
flew home, and he and his parents lived in peace and prosperity for the rest of their lives.

Venn Diagram

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Practice Set Worksheet
Comparison and Contrast NOW I KNOW | A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO READING

Name : ________________________ Date & Time : _____________


Program : _______________________ Score : _____________

Performance Task 1 (25-30 minutes)


Read the two stories below. Then, complete the graphic organizer.

Story 1 Story 2
Pierre changed into his track clothes Francesca was the best swimmer on
and laced up his shoes. He left the locker the team. She swam the fastest. She swam
room to meet the rest of the kids outside on long distances. She was chosen as the captain
the field. It was the first day of track tryouts. for this season. All the other girls wanted to
The coach walked up and greeted the be like Francesca.
athletes. The biggest race of the season was this
“I see you are all interested in being Friday. The whole school was excited. The
on Town Creek Middle School’s track team would race against Leeward
team,” the coach stated. “Let’s see if you have Middle, the school’s rival team. Every year
what it takes.” the schools compete against each other. The
winner gets a special trophy.
The boys began to complete the tryout
Francesca was always nervous in the
drills. The coach wanted to see who could
days before the big race. She had a hard time
run the farthest, who could run the longest,
eating. She couldn’t sleep. It was hard to
and who could run the fastest. Pierre liked to
focus in class. All she could think about was
run and he knew he was talented, but he
how she would beat the other team.
didn't know how well the other boys ran.
On Wednesday, Francesca realized
Would he be good enough to make the team?
that she really wasn’t feeling right. This was
Each time it was Pierre’s turn to run,
more than just being nervous and excited.
he began shaking and it was hard to breathe.
She visited the school nurse who took her
He was so nervous! The coach realized
temperature and checked her throat. The
Pierre was panicking and pulled him aside.
He put his hand on his shoulder and spoke nurse called Francesca’s mom and sent her
calmly to Pierre. home from school early.

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Practice Set Worksheet
Comparison and Contrast NOW I KNOW | A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO READING

Name : ________________________ Date & Time : _____________


Program : _______________________ Score : _____________

“Pierre, I’ve seen your running skills. Francesca was devastated. She was so
You have no reason to be nervous! Take a upset that she came down with a cold right
deep breath and join this group. You’ve got before her big race. The trophy meant so
this! I know you can do it,” he said. much for her school. What if she could not
Taking a deep breath, Pierre lined up compete? Would her team stand a chance?
with the other boys. As soon as the whistle The next morning, Francesca woke up
blew, he took off running. His arms and legs feeling better. Her mom kept her home from
moved faster than they ever had before. He school so she could rest more.
controlled his breathing and stayed focused On Friday after school, Francesca
on the finish line. Sweat dripped down his and her teammates raced at the swim meet.
forehead as he used every muscle in his body Her team won in every event at the meet.
to win the race. Pierre knew he had won first Francesca even set a school record! All of
place. Francesca’s rest from being sick had paid off
to help her achieve and lead her team to
Inside, Pierre was grinning from ear
victory.
to ear. He had successfully turned his first
day jitters into the fuel that helped him win
the race and make the team.

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Practice Set Worksheet
Comparison and Contrast NOW I KNOW | A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO READING

Name : ________________________ Date & Time : _____________


Program : _______________________ Score : _____________

COMPARING TWO STORIES


Compare and Contrast Story 1 Story 2

Characters Pierre Francesca

Setting Pierre is at track team Francesca was the best


tryout at swimmer and the captain
the middle school. on their team in school.

Problem Pierre was acting so


nervous if he could win Francesca felt nervous for
in the tryouts to become the upcoming swimming
part of Town Creek competition and
Middle School’s track unfortunately got a cold
team. before the big day.

Events Taking a deep breath, Francesca has to go home


Pierre lined up with the sick
other boys. As soon as from school and rest. She
the whistle blew, he took sleeps
off running. His arms off the sickness.
and legs moved faster
than they ever had
before. He
controlled his breathing
and stayed focused on
the finish line.

Solution The coach gave Pierre Francesca take a rest to


some words of treat her from his
encouragement and it sickness and woke up
motivates him to give his next morning feeling
best to win. better.

Theme Courage and Conquering Courage and Conquering


Fear Fear

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