Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template

Central Focus: comprehension -comparing two or

more characters
Essential Literacy Strategy: compare and contrast
Essential Standard/Common Core Objective:
RL.5. Compare and contrast two or more
Date submitted:
Date
3
characters, settings, or events in a story or
taught:
drama, drawing on specific details in the
text.
Daily Lesson Objective: Students will describe the similarities and differences between
two different characters in a novel.
21st Century Skills:
Academic Language Demand (Language Function
and Vocabulary):Describe
Essential vocabulary :compare and contrast
Syntax:Texts which includes the words: similar and
different
Prior Knowledge: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama,
drawing on specific details in the text.
Grade Level/Subject:
5th/Reading

Activity
1. Focus and
Review
2. Statement of
Objective
for Student
3. Teacher Input

Description of Activities and Setting

What does it mean to compare and contrast?
Today you are going to learn about how to compare
and contrast two characters from a novel by describing
their similarities and differences. When we are finished
you will be able to compare and contrast any characters
in your independent reading books
Authors create relationships between characters,
settings, and events by developing the interactions
among the story elements.(conditional) Good readers
can identify the relationships between story elements
by comparing and contrasting them.(declarative) When
you compare two or more things, you find ways they
are alike. When you contrast two or more things, you
find ways they are different.(procedural). * When you
compare you are finding how they are similar and when
you are contrasting you are finding how they are
different. Using a venn diagram can help you
understand how two things are alike and how they are
different. I am going to show on a venn diagram how to
compare and contrast using specific details that I know
about each holiday so that you can see the process of

Time
1min.

1 min.
5min.

4. Guided Practice

5. Independent
Practice

6. Assessment
Methods of
all
objectives/skills:
7. Closure

comparing and contrasting. [Answers:July 4th and

Thanksgiving. Similarities: Eat a lot of food, celebrate
America, and it is a nationally celebrated holiday.
Differences: One is in July and the other is in
November, fireworks for July 4th, and the traditional
meal is turkey.
We are going to read the paragraph from the paper I
have given you. Then, we will be using a venn diagram
to identify the similarities and differences. Use specific
details to compare and contrast Logan and Jake.

8 min.

Before you independently read the next chapter write

down characteristics you already have on Venn
diagram between the characters Ron and Harry in your
book, in the Venn diagram that we have been using
10min.
make sure to write down each similarity and difference
you find and any from previous chapters. Use specific
details from the book to support your reasoning
Criteria for Evaluating Students Products
Has 2 or more similarities and differences for each character-3
points. Has one similarity or difference for each character-1 point
What did we learn today about comparing and
contrasting in a story?

8. Assessment
Results of
all
objectives/skills:
Targeted Students
Modifications/Accommodations:

1 min.

Student/Small Group
Modifications/Accommodations:Struggling
students will receive a different passage to
read for independent practice. They may
underline words that they think are important
for comparing and contrasting.

Materials/Technology:
(Include any instructional materials (e.g., worksheets, assessments
PowerPoint/SmartBoard slides, etc.) needed to implement the lesson at the end of the
lesson plan.)
-Venn diagram worksheet
-Paragraph worksheet
-Compare and contrast sheet

References: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/FreeDownload/Compare-ContrastGraphic-Organizer-FREE
http://www.irc.vbschools.com/fortheweb/charts_graphs/images/Venn%20Diagram.jpg
Reflection on lesson (if taught):