Compare Two Texts
Grade 4 - Reading - Challenge Me
Read both texts in "Community Garden Signs." Text A: A set of directions tells volunteers how to label rows of herbs, vegetables, and flowers in a community garden. Text B: A short speech asks neighbors to add signs so visitors know which plants attract bees. Which statement describes both texts?
- Only Text A gives any information about the topic.
- Both texts are about using signs to help visitors understand a garden.
- Text A tells volunteers to label rows of herbs, vegetables, and flowers.
- Both texts describe buying food at a grocery store.
How are the two texts in "Saving the Old Theater" different?
- Both texts explain how actors memorize lines.
- Both texts discuss why the old theater matters to the town.
- Both texts have the same author and purpose.
- Text A gives historical facts, while Text B argues for a decision.
Which pair of details best supports a comparison in "Building a Better Bridge"?
- Neither text gives evidence about the topic.
- Text A describes students adding supports after bridges bent.
- Text A describes students adding supports after bridges bent. Text B tells how one student felt proud when her redesigned bridge held more weight.
- Both texts explain how to cross a real river safely.
What would both authors in "Community Garden Signs" most likely agree with?
- The topic should be ignored.
- Only personal feelings matter when reading.
- Garden signs can make plant information easier to understand.
- Both texts describe buying food at a grocery store.
Which sentence compares the two texts in "Saving the Old Theater" instead of describing only one?
- Both texts explain how actors memorize lines.
- Text A says the theater hosted events for more than eighty years.
- Text A gives historical facts, while Text B argues for a decision.
- Text A has several words about the topic.
Read both texts in "Building a Better Bridge." Text A: A news article describes students testing model bridges and adding supports after the first designs bent. Text B: A diary entry tells how one student felt nervous, then proud, when her redesigned bridge held more weight. Which statement describes both texts?
- Both texts explain how to cross a real river safely.
- Both texts describe improving a bridge after a test.
- Only Text A gives any information about the topic.
- Text A describes students adding supports after bridges bent.
How are the two texts in "Building a Better Bridge" different?
- Text B gives no details about the topic.
- Text A reports the class project, while Text B focuses on one student's feelings.
- Both texts describe improving a bridge after a test.
- Both texts explain how to cross a real river safely.
Which pair of details best supports a comparison in "Storm Preparation"?
- Text B describes Mateo moving flowerpots with his grandmother.
- Text A tells families to secure outdoor chairs and keep flashlights ready. Text B describes Mateo moving flowerpots with his grandmother.
- Both texts teach readers how to grow flowers indoors.
- Text A tells families to secure outdoor chairs and keep flashlights ready.
What would both authors in "School Lunch Compost" most likely agree with?
- Compost can help plants grow.
- Only personal feelings matter when reading.
- The topic should be ignored.
- The two texts have no shared idea.
Which sentence compares the two texts in "Building a Better Bridge" instead of describing only one?
- Text A describes students adding supports after bridges bent.
- Both texts explain how to cross a real river safely.
- Text A has several words about the topic.
- Text A reports the class project, while Text B focuses on one student's feelings.