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LAFSUnit 1: Key Ideas and Details in Informational Text 1

Lesson 1: Asking Questions About Key Details 3 2 RI 1 1

Lesson 2: Finding the Main Topic 11 2 RI 1 2

Lesson 3: Describing Connections Between Historical Events 19 2 RI 1 3

Lesson 4: Describing Connections Between Scientific Ideas 27 2 RI 1 3

Lesson 5: Describing Connections Between Steps 35 2 RI 1 3

Unit 1 Interim Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Unit 2: Key Ideas and Details in Literature 49

Lesson 6: Asking Questions About Key Details 51 2 RL 1 1

Lesson 7: Recounting Stories 59 2 RL 1 2

Lesson 8: Determining the Central Message 67 2 RL 1 2

Lesson 9: Describing How Characters Act 75 2 RL 1 3


Unit 3: Craft and Structure in Informational Text 89

Lesson 10: Unfamiliar Words 91 2 RI 2 4

Lesson 11: Text Features, Part 1 (Captions, Bold Print, Subheadings) 99 2 RI 2 5

Lesson 12: Text Features, Part 2 (Glossaries, Indexes, Electronic Menus) 107 2 RI 2 5

Lesson 13: Author’s Purpose 115 2 RI 2 6


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LAFSUnit 4: Craft and Structure in Literature 129

Lesson 14: Rhythm and Meaning in Stories 131 2 RL 2 4

Lesson 15: Rhythm and Meaning in Poems and Songs 139 2 RL 2 4

Lesson 16: Parts of a Story 147 2 RL 2 5

Lesson 17: Point of View 155 2 RL 2 6


Unit 5: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas in Informational Text 169

Lesson 18: Explaining How Images Support Text 171 2 RI 3 7

Lesson 19: Describing How Reasons Support Key Points 179 2 RI 3 8

Lesson 20: Comparing and Contrasting Two Texts 187 2 RI 3 9


Unit 6: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas in Literature 203

Lesson 21: Connecting Words and Pictures 205 2 RL 3 7

Lesson 22: Comparing and Contrasting Stories 213 2 RL 3 9


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L22: Comparing and Contrasting Stories

Part 1: Introduction

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Comparing and Contrasting StoriesLesson 22

Theme: Stories That Connect Us

When different authors tell the same story in different ways, each telling is called a version. Each version has mostly the same plot, but there might be many differences. The characters, settings, or events may be changed.

For example, the story of Cinderella is told by many authors around the world. The characters have different names and the settings are different. But there is usually a kind girl, a mean person, and magical helpers.

Look at the pictures below. They come from two versions of the story “Little Red Riding Hood.”

When you compare stories, you look for ways they are alike. When you contrast stories, you look for ways they are different.

Circle two things that are alike in the pictures.

Now draw a box around two things that are different in the pictures.

You can compare and contrast versions of the same story to help you understand each story better.

LAFS 2.RL.3.9: Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures.

Lesson 22Part 2: Modeled Instruction


L22: Comparing and Contrasting Stories214

Explore how to answer this question: “How does Turtle win the race against Rabbit?”

Think about what each character does. Underline a sentence that tells something Rabbit does. Then circle a sentence that tells something Turtle does.

Read the chart. Then fill in the blanks to tell how Turtle wins the race.

Turtle’s Actions Rabbit’s Actions

He keeps going and does not . He takes a during the race.

He crosses the finish line first. He wakes up and runs as fast as he can.

Fill in the blanks in the sentence below to tell how Turtle wins the race against Rabbit.

When Rabbit stops to sleep, Turtle and

does not stop until he has crossed the .

Read this story about Turtle and Rabbit.

The Turtle and the Rabbit from Aesop

“No one in all the forest is faster than I am,” Rabbit said to the other

animals one day. “And I can prove it! Who wants to race me?”

No one spoke up except Turtle. “I will race you,” he said, rather slowly.

“You?” Rabbit said. “What a joke! I’ll run circles around you the whole way.”

As soon as the race started, Rabbit hopped away at great speed. After a while,

he was so far ahead that he decided to take a nap. Turtle, on the other hand, did

not stop for a minute but kept going. And going. When Rabbit finally woke up,

he saw Turtle nearing the finish line. Rabbit ran as fast as he could, but Turtle won!

“Steady wins the race,” Turtle said, rather slowly, as always.

Genre: Fable

Lesson 22Part 3: Guided Instruction


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Could Turtle have won his race in the same way that Snail did?

Imagine that Turtle and Snail meet each other. What do you think they would say to each other about their races with Rabbit and Fox?

Read this story about another race. Use the Close Reading and the Hint to help you answer the question.

Circle the correct answer.

What is one way that Snail in this story is different from Turtle in the first story?

A Snail likes Fox, but Turtle doesn’t like Rabbit.

B Snail wants to win his race, but Turtle doesn’t care.

C Snail can move quickly, but Turtle moves slowly.

D Snail uses a trick to win his race, but Turtle does not.

HintDoes Turtle walk the whole way to win his race?

The Fox and the Snail after Aesop

Fox asked Snail to run a race with him to the next

town. Fox took off running, but then he decided to take a

nap. When Snail saw the sleeping Fox, he climbed into

his bushy tail. When Fox woke up, he ran to the town’s

gate. He turned and called out, “Snail, where are you?”

Snail quietly dropped out of Fox’s tail. “I’m already

here!” Snail said from behind him. “What took you

so long?”

Does Fox ever know that Snail has hidden in his bushy tail? Underline a sentence that tells you that Fox does not know where Snail is.

Close Reading

Show Your Thinking

Genre: Fable

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Part 4: Guided Practice

Read the stories. Use the Study Buddies and the Close Reading to guide your reading.

The titles of the stories tell me that both versions are about three animals. As I read both stories, I’m going to look for other ways they are alike and for ways they are different.

The Three Little Pigs

a folktale from England

1 Long ago, three little pigs grew up and left home.

One built a straw house. One built a wood house.

One built a brick house.

2 One day, a wolf discovered the straw house. “Let me

in!” he demanded.

3 “No!” the first pig refused.

4 “I’ll huff, I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house in,” cried

the wolf. He blew down the house and gobbled up the

tasty little pig for supper.

5 Next, the wolf found the wood house. “Let me in!”

6 “No!” said the second pig.

7 “I’ll huff, I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house in.” The

wolf blew down the house and ate another tasty pig.

8 Finally, the wolf came to the brick house. “Let me in!”

9 The third pig replied, “No!”

10 “I’ll huff, I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house in,” the

wolf growled.

11 But he couldn’t blow it down. So he crawled down the

chimney. He fell into a pot of boiling water in the

fireplace. He never bothered any pigs again.

Underline a sentence that tells you what happens to the brick house when the wolf tries to blow it down.

Close Reading

Circle words that tell you what finally stops the wolf.

Genre: Folktale

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Genre: Folktale

In the first story, only one pig escapes the wolf. I’m going to read the next story and see if the three geese have better luck!

The Three Little Geese

a folktale from Italy

1 Once upon a time, three geese built a straw house.

But the oldest goose locked the door. She told her

sisters, “Go away!”

2 The two sisters built a house with hay. But the middle

goose locked the door. She told her sister, “Go away!”

3 The youngest goose met a man carrying stones.

The man felt sorry for her. He said, “I’ll build

your house.”

4 A greedy wolf came upon the first house. He blew it

down and swallowed the oldest goose. Then he blew

down the second house. And he gulped down the

middle goose.

5 The wolf tried and tried to blow down the stone

house. Frustrated, he persuaded the youngest goose to

make him supper. She pretended to cook noodles in a

pot. “Would you like a taste?” she asked.

6 She threw the pot of boiling water at the wolf. He fell

down dead with his mouth wide open! The clever goose

called out to her sisters. They jumped out of the wolf’s

stomach, and the sisters lived happily ever after.

Who builds the youngest goose’s house? Circle words that tell you.

Close Reading

Underline a sentence that tells you how the youngest goose gets rid of the wolf.

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1 Which sentence best tells how the plots of the two stories are alike?

A Both stories are about two animals who get locked out by an older sister.

B Both stories are about three animals who build houses of straw, wood, and stone.

C Both stories are about three animals who are visited by a hungry wolf.

D Both stories are about an animal who saves two other animals from a wolf.

2 How is the youngest goose’s stone house different from the third pig’s brick house?

A It is the first of the three houses built.

B A man built it instead of an animal.

C It has a fireplace for boiling water.

D The wolf cannot blow it down.

3 How are the endings of the two stories alike?

Remember that the plot is what happens in a story. Which sentence tells something that happens in both stories?

Hints

Who built the goose’s stone house? Who built the pig’s brick house?

What happens to the wolf in each story?

Use the Hints on this page to help you answer the questions.

Lesson 22



Read the stories. Then answer the questions that follow them.

The Ugly Ducklingby Hans Christian Andersen,

retold by Nicole VanderLinden

1 Once upon a time, a baby duckling looked nothing like his brothers and sisters. His feet looked like big paddles, and his feathers were gray, like old dishwater.

2 The other ducklings at the pond laughed at him. They said that his quack sounded like a broken horn. So one day, the sad ugly duckling left the pond to find a new home.

3 Soon, the weather grew cold. Each time the duckling saw a bird, he asked, “Am I one of you?” But the birds told him he didn’t look anything like them.

4 The winter was long. But one spring morning, the duckling saw a group of beautiful birds. Their feathers were snow white. Their necks were long and graceful.

5 “I know I can’t be one of them,” the duckling sighed.

6 But one of the birds swooped down to where the duckling sat. “You are a swan, like me,” the bird said.

7 The duckling walked over to a puddle of water. That is when he saw that his ugly gray feathers were gone. He was snow white. His neck was long and graceful.

8 And so the duckling, really a swan, stretched out his great wings. He flew into the sky with his new friends.

Part 5: LAFS Practice

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The Ugly Trucklingby David Gordon, HarperCollins

1 Way out west, a mother truck admired her new trucklings. She smiled at their big, round wheels and their strong, flat beds.

2 But one of the trucklings was not like her brothers and sisters. This truckling’s wheels were small and narrow. She didn’t have a strong, flat bed. To make matters worse, two strange beams stuck out from the sides of her body.

3 The next morning the little trucklings followed their mother, carrying rocks and bricks and wood in their little truck beds.

4 But the ugly truckling could barely haul a small bale of hay or pull a log. All the other little trucklings laughed at her. “Why do you have three wheels instead of four?” asked one of her brothers.

5 “You’ll never be a good truck,” said another brother. The ugly truckling was very sad. She was afraid he was right.

6 So late one night, when the sky was black and starless, the ugly truckling sped away.

7 The next morning she met a tractor. “Good morning,” said the ugly truckling. Who are you?”

8 “I’m a tractor,” said the tractor.


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9 “Am I a tractor, too?”

10 “You’re no tractor. Tractors don’t have propellers on their noses.”

11 “Oh,” sighed the ugly truckling. And she sped away. The ugly truckling looked at her reflection in the pond. Suddenly she heard a loud roar overhead and looked up.

12 She wasn’t an ugly truckling after all. She was a beautiful airplane. And so she flew away with the other airplanes into a sky full of stars.

Circle the correct answer for each question.

1 What is one way the ugly duckling and the ugly truckling are alike?

A Both feel sad because they are gray like old dishwater.

B Both are happy living by a pond with their families.

C Both look very different from their brothers and sisters.

D Both make noises that sound like a broken horn.


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2 Both the ugly duckling and the ugly truckling leave their families. How are their reasons for leaving alike?

A Both find it hard to do their work at home.

B Both are laughed at by those close to them.

C Both want to escape the cold winter weather.

D Both see what they really look like in a pond.

3 How is the ugly duckling different from the ugly truckling?

A He is happy living with his brothers and sisters.

B He asks others questions about who he really is.

C He likes the way he looks even when others don’t.

D He changes over time into something new and beautiful.

4 Tell one way that “The Ugly Duckling” and the “The Ugly Truckling” are alike and one way they are different.

One way the stories are alike:

One way the stories are different:

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