Robot Feature Comparison

This worksheet supports students in Grades 4 and 5 as they practice comparing how two informational texts develop ideas about a shared topic. Using engaging, movie-preview-style passages about robots-one focused on robots at work and the other on robots at home-learners analyze main ideas, supporting details, and author focus through carefully designed multiple-choice questions.

Learning Goals

• Comparing Main Ideas Across Texts (Grades 4-5) – Students identify each passage’s central idea and how it differs or overlaps.
• Analyzing Supporting Details – Learners examine which details best support each main idea.
• Identifying Similarities & Differences – Students compare how robots are portrayed in different settings.
• Understanding Text Development – Reinforces how authors choose details to match purpose and focus.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to align with upper-elementary informational text standards.
• Assessment-Ready Format – Multiple-choice questions allow for quick checks of understanding.
• High-Interest Robot Theme – Modern, relatable content boosts engagement and motivation.
• Builds Cross-Text Reasoning – Helps students track ideas and evidence across more than one passage.
• Flexible Classroom Use – Ideal for test prep, guided reading, small groups, or independent practice.

This robot feature comparison worksheet helps students sharpen nonfiction comprehension by teaching them how to compare main ideas and evaluate supporting evidence across texts. By analyzing how authors develop similar topics in different ways, learners strengthen critical thinking, text-structure awareness, and confidence in handling paired informational passages.

This worksheet is part of our Main Idea and Supporting Details Worksheets collection.