Elementary School Common Core Analyze Characters Resources

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character’s actions with their emotions.

Get your third grader in the habit of reading closely with this multi-page story featuring questions on the main character, sequencing, and recalling details.

Analyzing what a character says and does in a story can help determine their personality or character traits. This resource gives students practice in harnessing this important reading comprehension skill.

It can be tricky to sort out different perspectives in a complex book! Use this activity to help your learner think about how two different characters feel about the same event or challenge.

Young readers dip their toes into character analysis with this fun graphic organizer.

As students read R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, use this graphic organizer to track and analyze the book's characters.

Give your young readers some practice building their reading comprehension skills with the beloved story of The Three Little Pigs! Students will consider protagonists, antagonists, and character dynamics with this version of the classic story.

If your child is writing their first book report, help them get a handle on the characters in their book.

Use this worksheet to practice sequencing a character’s feelings using transition words.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying characters and their dialogue.

Main characters would be lost without their supporting characters! Use this reading comprehension worksheet to compare and contrast characters from classic novels using a graphic organizer and paragraph excerpts.

"We can fly! We can fly" Your child may never fly, but they'll have a soaring good time with this Peter Pan story and worksheet.

Children will read this Reader's Theater script, then answer questions designed to support their understanding of the characters, story, and message of the play.

Why do athletes get their own cards but not book characters? Change all that with this fun, reusable worksheet.

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Use this graphic organizer to support your students as they describe characters, settings, and events in detail, using specific details from the text.

Characters often change over the course of a story, and this worksheet will help young readers track and understand their development. Students can use this graphic organizer to consider various elements of a character's development throughout a story.

Kids hunt for clues about a character's traits with this worksheet.

Use this worksheet to show how to compare characters’ thoughts and actions.

Become a storyteller with this fun reading comprehension activity! Use your creativity to fill in the story where it's missing text.

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Everyone loves this silly classic! Read the poem, then answer a question at the end.

Assemble your favorite actors and find the perfect parts for them in your summer reading book.

The Tain, formally known as Tain Bo Cuailnge, is an epic from early Irish literature. Read The Tain for kids in this worksheet, and learn about its characters.

Have your young reader describe and compare three of their favorite book characters in this triple-sided Venn diagram.

This fun worksheet serves as a great visual for your kids to organize their thoughts around the elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them fill out this handy slide graphic organizer with plot, protagonist, and antagonist.

It's important for students to understand how characters and the storyline are interconnected. Help your students break down individual character responses to major story events with this graphic organizer.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn Story Elements.

Read this shortened version of the Monkey King story, then try your hand at writing a new folk tale starring the Monkey King himself!