Elementary School Fiction Analyze Characters Resources

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.

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

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

"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.

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.

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Help your young reader hone his critical thinking skills with this worksheet that challenges him to write his own book review.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Let your students show you the way through a story of their choice using this fun road map! Your students will get to flex their reading comprehension muscles as they write about various story elements, including main characters, setting, and plot.

Have students think about each character’s journey with this character-specific beginning, middle, and end story map. Students can complete maps for different characters, then compare and contrast!

Being able to describe and compare character development is an important skill for young readers. Using this handy graphic organizer, students will use adjectives to compare characters at the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

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.

Use this Venn diagram to help your kindergarten students learn about comparing and contrasting characters.

Have students consider a character’s attributes and actions with this cute and memorable organizer! After reading a book, students will draw a picture and describe the characters. Then they'll summarize the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Have your child read these Peter Pan passages and decide what she knows about the Peter Pan character.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Elements of Fairy Tales.

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

This Cinderella story map is ready to keep the details of a classic and beloved fairy tale in order. As your child thinks of who is in the story, and…

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

Use this Venn diagram graphic to help your kindergarten students learn about comparing and contrasting settings.

One way to bring books to life for students is to have them empathize with one of the characters. This fun worksheet engages students in analyzing how a character’s feelings change over the course of the beginning, middle, and end of the book.

Have a storytelling adventure with Cinderella! Little readers will love putting their own spin on a classic fairy tale.

Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learn Story Elements.

Use this Venn diagram to help kindergarten students learn about comparing and contrasting events in a story.