Compare Theme Across Genres

“Two Left Feet, …” and “How Coach Told Me I Didn’t Make the Cut” are about finding what you’re good at. However, one is an autobiography and the other is a poem. Compare how the authors express the same theme in different genres.

How It Works

Collect and Organize Information To compare how the authors express the theme, organize the elements of each genre in a chart. Focus on differences between the genres.

Practice Together

Compare Information Use the information in the chart to make a comparison of the genres. Here is the beginning of a comparison.

Try It!

Think of ways the two genres are different. Copy and fill in the chart. Write a comparison of the differences. You may want to use this frame to help you.

“Two Left Feet, …” and “How Coach Told Me I Didn’t Make the Cut” have the same theme. However, they tell it differently. In “Two Left Feet, …” the author ______. In “How Coach Told Me I Didn’t Make the Cut,” the author ______.