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Features

  • Two Ways Across the Lake, a story of our own in three chapters
  • How each chapter builds on the one before
  • Compare two characters with details from the text
  • Compare settings and events across the chapters
  • A Venn diagram to compare two characters from any story
  • Answer keys included

Skills Covered

  • Explain how chapters fit together
  • Compare two characters
  • Compare settings and events
  • Use details from the text

How to Use This Pack

Pages 1 to 3 are a story of our own in three chapters. Page 4 asks how the chapters fit together, page 5 compares the sisters, the settings and the events, and page 6 is a Venn diagram to compare two characters from any story.

In the Classroom

Read one chapter a day. Before each new chapter, ask students what the last one set up and what they expect next, then check after reading.

At Home

Ask your child which sister they are more like, and to give a detail from the story that shows it.

Tips for Success

  • Each chapter builds on the one before it
  • Look for what an early chapter sets up for later
  • Compare how characters act at the start and at the end
  • Use details from the text to compare

Comparing Characters and Chapters for 5th Grade

5th Grade

A new story in three chapters about two sisters who canoe to an island and race a rising wind home. Students explain how the chapters fit together and compare the two sisters, the settings and the events, using details from the text.

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What’s Included

  • 1 story in three chapters
  • 2 pages of questions
  • 1 Venn diagram to compare two characters
  • Answer keys
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