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Polar Express Comprehension Sort {Book vs. Movie}

By thisreadingmama 4 Comments

When a good book is made into a movie, it’s always interesting to discuss with another person how the movie was different than the book. Often times, the movie doesn’t quite compare to the book, especially if you read the book first.

Comparing the differences and similarities between texts {such as book to book or even book to movie} is a fantastic comprehension strategy for readers. And that’s what this Polar Express comprehension sort {book vs. movie} from my Polar Express Pack is all about!

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Polar Express Comprehension Sort

Often times, a Venn Diagram is used to compare two texts {or things} that have similarities and differences. I chose, however, to go a different route with this simple picture sort to help students compare The Polar Express book and The Polar Express movie.

 

sorting pictures from The Polar Express to compare book and movie

Polar Express comprehension sort on the pocket chart - free printable

The picture sort fits perfectly in a standard pocket chart.

 

Polar Express comprehension sort on tabletop

If you don’t have a pocket chart {I don’t know if I could teach without mine.}, just use your floor space, or a tabletop area.

 

Polar Express - Comparing Movie & Book Picture Sort

And to extend the Polar Express comprehension sort, print off the sorting worksheet. It’s NO PREP.

 

comparing movie and book activity page for Polar Express

Students just cut out and paste the pictures as either in just the movie or in BOTH the movie and the book.

 


 

Interested in more Polar Express learning fun? My nearly 200 page Polar Express Learning Pack has loads of math and literacy learning for K-1st learners!

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Comments

  1. Theafterschoolhouse says

    December 11, 2015 at 9:28 pm

    This is awesome!!! I wanted to do a comparison of the movie to the book with Polar Express and here it is! He is going to love it:))

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    • thisreadingmama says

      December 13, 2015 at 6:29 am

      Yay!! 🙂

      Reply
  2. annemarie2012 says

    December 15, 2015 at 12:43 pm

    What a great suggestion for younger students. Using video can be such a helpful tool for promoting reading comprehension. I love talking to students too that after reading they have a “picture in their head” that may or may not match how scenes or characters are shown in film. It’s a great way to help your kids recognize that they visualize while reading.

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    • thisreadingmama says

      December 29, 2015 at 7:09 pm

      What a fantastic idea! Yes, there have been several times when I visualize a character one way and the movie portrays the character a different way. What a great thing to point out to students.

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