Comparing & Contrasting Two Books
Story Elements Jumanji Zathura Written & Written & Illustrated by Chris Illustrated by Chris vanAlsburg vanAlsburg
Genre • Fantasy • Fantasy Primary • Judy • Danny Budwing (younger brother) • Peter • Walter Budwing (older brother) Character(s): (Judy and Peter are siblings.) (The boys are siblings.) Secondary • mother • mother • father • father Character(s): (Parents left kids home alone for a while.) (Parents left kids home alone for a while.) • guide • robot • Zorgons (aliens) Setting(s) • Judy and Peter’s house • Danny and Walter’s house • park/tree across the street • park/tree across the street • November Problem(s) • Peter found a game called, Jumanji, in a • Danny and Walter found a game called, park under a tree. Jumanji, in a park under a tree. • They took the game home and began • They took the game home but did not play playing it. Jumanji because it looked to babyish. • As they played the game, the things in • But, in the box, there was another game the game and the animals in the game called Zathura about space that Danny began to happen in real life. started playing without reading the • They wanted to quit the game but could instructions. not until they finished the game. • It got dark, and meteors hit the house. The next thing they knew, they were in outer space. • They think that they had to finish the game to get back to Earth but still did not read the directions. • As they played the game, the things in the game began to happen in real life. Solution(s) • Judy and Peter continued playing the • Danny and Walter continued playing the game as quickly as possible. game as quickly as possible. • They survived a lion, monkeys, a • They survived meteors, polarity issues, monsoon, a fly bite, a rhinoceros gravity issues, a robot, Zorgons, black stampede, a volcanic eruption, a python, hole, until the spin that sent them back in and a guide until Judy won and yelled time three hours to when the game began. Jumanji. • They went back in time to when they • Then, they returned the game to the found the game. park. • Walter grabbed it, said you don’t want to play, and threw out the game. • Then, they went to play toss together. Highlight similarities you found between the two books.
Notes:
• Chris vanAlsburg is a Michigan author and illustrator. • Zathura is a sequel to Jumanji. • Both books have been made into movies. You could watch the movies and compare the books to the movies.
Comparing & Contrasting Two Books
Story Elements Rumplestiltskin Rapunzel Retold & Retold & Illustrated by Illustrated by Paul Zelinsky Paul Zelinsky
Genre • Traditional Literature: Fairy Tale • Traditional Literature: Fairy Tale Primary • poor miller’s daughter (Mistress Miller • sorceress or queen) • Rapunzel Character(s): • Rumplestiltskin Secondary • miller • man and woman • king (royalty) • king’s son/prince (royalty) Character(s): Setting(s) • road to town • man & woman’s house • the king’s castle • sorceress’s garden surrounded by high walls • tower with no doors • wild country Problem(s) • The miller was trying to impress the king • The pregnant woman was craving Rapunzel and told him that his daughter could spin from the sorceress’s garden. straw into gold. But, she did not know • So, her husband found a way to get her how to do that. some rapunzel. • Rumplestiltskin appeared to the miller’s • She devoured it and then wanted more the daughter. next day. • He traded her necklace in exchange for • The husband went to get more but the him spinning the straw into gold. sorceress was there. • Then, he traded her ring in exchange for • In exchange for the rapunzel, she told him him spinning the straw into gold. that they would have to give her the baby. • The third time, he asked for her first • The husband agreed because he did not child when she became queen. want to see his wife die. • The miller’s daughter married the king • When the baby was born, the sorceress and had a baby boy one year later. appeared, named the baby Rapunzel, and • Rumplestiltskin came to collect the baby took her away. but the queen was distraught. So, he • The sorceress eventually put her in a made a deal with her. If she knew his tower with no doors and she was the only name in three days, she could keep the one who could get in to see Rapunzel. baby. Solution(s) • The queen sent her servant to find • The king’s son figured out the words to Rumplestiltskin and to find out his name. enter the tower. • The servant did. • He fell in love with Rapunzel and they • The queen told him his name and was married. able to keep her baby. • When the sorceress found out she was pregnant, she cut off her hair and sent her to live in the wild country. • Rapunzel gave birth to twins; a boy and a girl. • When the prince returned, he was tricked by the sorceress, fell from the tower and was blinded. • He wandered the wild country for a year until he found Rapunzel and her children. • Rapunzel’s tears gave him sight again. • They went to their kingdom. Highlight similarities you found between the two books.
Note: The number three appears in fairy tales often. In this book, …
• The king asks the miller’s daughter to spin straw into gold three times. • Rumplestiltskin appears to the miller’s daughter three times, trades something, and spins the straw into gold for her. • Rumplestiltskin gave the queen three days to figure out his name. • On each day, the queen asks Rumplestiltskin about three names that could be his.
Note: Often, there are repeated phrases like in Rapunzel.
“Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!”
Syllables & Affixes List #32: Closed Initial Vowel Sort
Name ______#______Date______
Directions:
• Sort your words into the correct categories. • Make sure you have spelled your words correctly. • Underline the letter(s) that make the vowel sound. • Do NOT use capital letters unless the word is a proper noun. CATEGORY CATEGORY CATEGORY CATEGORY CATEGORY
Short /a/ Short /e/ Short /i/ Short /o/ Short /u/
dancer beggar bigger shopper younger
actor fresher swimmer
CATEGORY CATEGORY CATEGORY CATEGORY CATEGORY Long /a/ Long /e/ Long /i/ Long /o/ Long /u/
traitor dreamer driver older tutor
sailor writer voter smoother
brighter sooner
CATEGORY CATEGORY CATEGORY CATEGORY CATEGORY
Oddball Oddball Oddball Oddball Oddball
longer burglar jogger farmer smaller
Within Word List #32: Closed Pattern Sort
Name ______#______Date______
Directions:
• Sort your words into the correct categories. • Make sure you have spelled your words correctly. • Do NOT use capital letters unless the word is a proper noun.
CATEGORY CATEGORY CATEGORY
Ending in -er Ending in -ar Ending in -or
dancer beggar actor
bigger burglar traitor
sooner tutor sailor
dreamer
longer
smaller
driver
farmer
fresher
jogger
younger
writer
older
smoother
swimmer
brighter
shopper
voter Within Word List #32: Closed Pattern Sort
Name ______#______Date______
Directions:
• Sort your words into the correct categories. • Make sure you have spelled your words correctly. • Do NOT use capital letters unless the word is a proper noun.
CATEGORY CATEGORY CATEGORY CATEGORY
Words Used to People Who Do People Who Do People Who Do Compare Things Things Things
(Ending in -er) (Ending in -er) (Ending in -ar) (Ending in -or)
brighter dancer beggar actor
bigger dreamer burglar traitor
sooner driver tutor sailor
fresher farmer
longer jogger
smaller writer
younger swimmer
older shopper
smoother voter