A Pigs Tale

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A Pigs Tale

• 0501.8.11 Make connections among various texts
  showing similarities and differences.

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Compare/Contrast

• Read The Three Little Pigs and The Three Little
  Javelinas picture books.
• Now we will compare and contrast the stories.

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Compare How are they alike?

• Pigs are the main characters
• The pigs build houses
• One pig is smarter than the others
• The Wolf is evil and tricky
• The plot is the same
• The theme is the same

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Contrast How are they different?

• There are two males and one female in The Three
  Little Javelinas. There are three males in The
  Three Little Pigs.
• The setting is different.
• The houses are made of different materials.

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Can you think of another story similar to these?

• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
• The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf
• The Story of the Pigs
• The Three Pigs
• Some of these are told from the
• wolfs point of view.

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What other stories are similar?

• Cinderella and The Rough-Faced Girl
• Little Red Riding Hood and Lon Po Po
• Leo Lionni stories
• Chris van Allsburg stories

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• You can compare and contrast any stories. Good
  readers do this all the time!
• Think about what is different and what is the
  same about each story. Look at characters,
  setting, plot action, and ending.