ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Venn Diagram, 2 Circles
A printable Venn diagram to use when comparing and contrasting two things or topics. Directions on how to use this graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are also provided.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Venn Diagram Rubric
A printable three-leveled rubric for evaluating a Venn diagram in the areas of test support of comparisons, placement of statements, and number of quality statements. Directions on how to use this rubric as well as lists of teaching...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: But, Are They Really That Different?
Students cannot compare and contrast adventures and experiences in stories or explain differences between books without first understanding how to compare. In this lesson plan, students will learn how to use a Venn Diagram to compare two...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: I Know Why I Like Pie
Active, imaginative teaching with nursery rhymes takes advantage of how the brain learns best! In this lesson, students will use a Venn Diagram to compare "Little Jack Horner" to "Sing a Song of Sixpence"
CPALMS
Cpalms: Compare/contrast Life Cycle Texts
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn to compare and contrast texts about life cycles using a Venn diagram. Then, using the Venn diagram, students will write an expository paragraph including an introductory sentence,...
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Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Venn Diagram [Pdf]
Teachers will learn how to use Venn Diagrams in their classrooms. Teachers will learn how to implement Venn Diagrams; measure progress with Venn Diagrams; and find research to support the use of Venn Diagrams. A blank Venn Diagram is...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Working With Sets and Venn Diagrams
A collection of activities that help students understand number relationships by using Venn diagrams to solve math problems. Practice problem solving skills in the interactive practice. Then, follow up with a classroom activity using the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Using a Fairy Tale to Teach the Elements of a Story
Students will hear and read different versions of a familiar fairy tale and identify what elements a story must have (character, plot, setting) for the story to be interesting and make sense. Using a Venn diagram, students will then...
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Scholastic
Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Compare Contrast [Pdf]
This graphic organizer can be use with students when they read an informational text. Using a Venn diagram to organize content, students will write important similarities and differences after reading an informational text and analyzing...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Venn Diagram, 3 Circles
A printable Venn Diagram with three circles to use when comparing and contrasting three things or topics. Directions on how to use this graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are also provided.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: A Lesson on Comparing & Contrasting Using Cinderella
In this lesson, students will learn to compare and contrast 2 different versions of "Cinderella." Students will use a Venn diagram and make predictions.
Education.com
Education.com: Compare and Contrast Non Fiction Stories: Extinct Birds
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will compare two informational texts about two extinct birds, the Great Auk and the Dodo. A Venn Diagram is provided to be used when comparing an contrasting tests.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Arctic vs. Antarctic
Students will be able to identify similarities and differences between two texts about the polar habitats by using a Venn diagram. Included in this instructional activity are guided questions to use while reading, a printable Venn...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Compare and Contrast Lesson: Can We Help Save the Earth?
The children will compare two texts: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton and Farewell to Shady Glade by Bill Peet, about an old house and an animal's home respectively, using a Venn Diagram. They should be guided to address the...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Compare and Contrast Informational Text
This third grade lesson plan engages learners in comparing and contrasting paired informational text passages about frogs. Students will use a Venn Diagram to keep track of the information.
Read Works
Read Works: 2nd Grade Lesson: Compare/contrast Genres
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use fiction and nonfiction books from a classroom library to identify the similarities and differences between fiction and nonfiction and to create a Venn diagram...
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Venn Diagrams
The point of this lesson is to introduce children to the idea of comparison through Venn diagrams. Children will compare two stories using the Venn diagram.
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: Signs of Spring
This site has a high-level thinking activity for your ESL students. Use a Venn Diagram to compare Spring and Winter. It features downloads and resources.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Christmas Compare and Contrast
Using two different versions of "The Night Before Christmas," students use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast them.
New York Public Library
The Great Migration: Two American Tales Lesson Plan: The Immigrants' Experiences
Part of an online exhibit that describes the experiences of migrants to the cities of the United States. Two American Tales asks students to compare and contrast the nearly contemporaneous experiences of European immigrants and...
PBS
Pbs: Lesson Plan: A Nation of Many Cultures
This lesson plan is based on the "America Responds" series where learners explore the concepts of valuing diversity and appreciation of cultural differences. An integrated art, social studies, and language arts lesson plan that is...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Arctic v. Antarctic
Students will be able to identify similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic. After reading and discussing books on the Arctic and Antarctic, they will use a Venn diagram and assorted images to compare and contrast...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Comparison and Contrast Essays
This lesson focuses on the comparison and contrast essays; it defines new terms: compare/contrast essay, yin/yang Venn diagram, block comparison, and point by point comparison. It also provides a slideshow which defines and discusses the...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Diagram It! Identifying, Comparing & Writing About Non Fiction
Introduce your students to the different types of non-fiction such as biographies, biographies, and informative books. Students will use graphic organizers, peer interaction, and hands-on experiences to further understanding of this lesson.