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 this helpful worksheet to support your students as they develop their question asking skills by pretending to interview characters from beloved fictional texts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who are the Key Characters?

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

If you're studying The Wizard of Oz, take a break with this fun quiz on quotes from different characters in the book.

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Character Traits.

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

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 these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Asking Questions and Finding Answers.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Details and Asking for Answers.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Text Connections.

We all love a good story, but sometimes it's hard to keep track of what's important. Teach your kid how to map a story with this fun and engaging worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Exploring Fictional Text.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Key Details.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Focus on the Similarities.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Character Traits.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Focus on the Similarities.

A Christmas Carol characters include Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and Jacob Marley. Learn about A Christmas Carol characters with this festive worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Comparisons.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Comparisons.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who are the Key Characters?

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Focus on the Differences.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fairy Tale Character Traits.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Characters and Settings.