2nd - 8th Grade Analyze Characters Worksheets

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

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

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.

Help your students learn to analyze characters in literature with the help of this graphic organizer.

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

"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.

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

Build your students' emotional literacy with this handy emotion word bank! This resource provides students with visuals and a variety of emotion synonyms to increase their understanding of character traits in fictional text.

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

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

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