Students make connections between classic and modern literature by identifying shared character archetypes found in each.

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

Practice analyzing characters with this worksheet that features an excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. 

"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.

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.

Explore characters in literature by extracting clues from this paragraph about one of the main Secret Garden characters: Miss Mary Lennox.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

What better way to learn about characters in stories than to become one? In this activity, students take on the role of a character as they act out scenes with a partner.

Bring story characters to life by having your students imagine them in real life scenarios. In this creative activity, students will seek to analyze their favorite characters by thinking about how each one would react in different situations.

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

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

Help students practice close reading with this character detective worksheet.

Readers practice describing fictional characters using their own words with this graphic organizer template.

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension 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 resource to give your students practice identifying characters and their dialogue.

Use this resource to give your students practice using a simple sentence structure to describe characters, setting, and events.

Historic novels are rich sources of reading practice and this graphic organizer is a nod to prairie classics like those written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Your students will use an abridged version of "The Princess and the Pea" to practice analyzing and expressing character traits with the help of a word bank.

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.

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.

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.

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!

Compare and contrast characters with this clever fifth-grade graphic organizer!

Read this passage about a rainy spring break to boost your character analysis skills!