What Each Version Changes is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on finding where two related stories differ, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.9. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 23 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
23 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
What Each Version Changes
RL.2.9
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Read the story, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Crow and the Pitcher
A crow had flown for hours without finding water. At last she saw a pitcher standing in a garden.
She landed on the rim and looked in. There was water at the bottom, but the neck was narrow and her beak could not reach it. She pushed the pitcher. It was too heavy to tip.
Then the crow noticed the pebbles on the path. She picked one up and dropped it in. Then another. Then another. Each pebble pushed the water a little higher.
After forty pebbles, the water reached the top. The crow drank until she had had enough.
1. How is the crow's problem different from the lion's?
2. How is this fable like "The Lion and the Mouse"?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Kite in the Elm
Sami's kite caught in the top of the elm on the very first day.
He tried throwing a ball at it. He tried a long stick. He tried shaking the trunk with both arms. The kite stayed exactly where it was.
His sister Rana came out with a bucket and a length of washing line. She tied the line to the bucket handle, threw the bucket over the branch, and pulled.
The branch bent. The kite slid off and dropped into the grass.
"How did you know that would work?" said Sami. "I didn't," said Rana.
1. How is Sami's problem different from Ada's?
2. How is Rana like Ada in "The Bread That Would Not Rise"?
LessonPrint · RL.2.9 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Each Version Changes
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The crow solves her own problem with pebbles; the lion is freed by somebody else. 2. In both, a small or weak creature solves something that strength could not.
2.1. Sami's problem was outside his control; Ada's came from her own mistake. 2. Both keep trying rather than giving up when something goes wrong.
Questions about What Each Version Changes
What does the What Each Version Changes worksheet cover?
It practises finding where two related stories differ — 2 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core RL.2.9: Compare two tellings of the same tale and say what each changed. The instruction to pupils is “Read the story, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does What Each Version Changes practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.9 — RL.2.9, in the Reading: Literature domain for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
What Each Version Changes is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on RL.2.9, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does What Each Version Changes come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of What Each Version Changes can I print?
25 versions, of which 23 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is What Each Version Changes free to print and photocopy?
Yes. What Each Version Changes, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for RL.2.9
Compare two tellings of the same tale and say what each changed.