2nd and 3rd Grade 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.

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.

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

If your child is writing their first book report, help them get a handle on the characters in their book.

Young readers dip their toes into character analysis with this fun graphic organizer.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying characters and their dialogue.

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.

Use this worksheet to practice sequencing a character’s feelings using transition words.

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

It's important for students to understand how characters and the storyline are interconnected. Help your students break down individual character responses to major story events with this graphic organizer.

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.

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.

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.

Why do athletes get their own cards but not book characters? Change all that with this fun, reusable 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.

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

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

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.

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

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 identify cause and effect with the help of a friendly root vegetable in this playful worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Fairy Tale Character Traits.

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.

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.

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!

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

After reading a Christmas classic, The Elves and the Shoemaker , test your child's comprehension with this story map shoe!