4th and 5th Grade Analyze Characters Worksheets

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.

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.

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.

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

"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.

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

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Help your growing reader understand characterization with this worksheet that asks her to identify the heroes and villains in the book she's reading.

Children learn how to spot the protagonist and supporting characters in a work of fiction.

Comparing characters in books is a great way to learn more about them, and learn more about how important characters are to books.

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

Noun phrases can give readers important information about the characters and settings of a story. This worksheet will help your students identify noun phrases that describe characters and settings in fictional texts.

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

Students will use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast two fiction stories.

These worksheets, which cover social studies, reading comprehension and writing, teach kids all about the Great Race of Mercy.

Students will look for noun phrases in a familiar story!

Children reflect on the importance of a book's setting as they design a travel brochure for a work of fiction they have read.

Is your child having trouble with reading comprehension? The wizard can help!

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.

Use this handy concept web to teach your students about ways to interact with text, including text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections that can help deepen their understanding of what they read.

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