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

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

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

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.

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Close Reading Strategy.

Have students consider a character’s attributes and actions with this cute and memorable organizer! After reading a book, students will draw a picture and describe the characters. Then they'll summarize the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Have a storytelling adventure with Cinderella! Little readers will love putting their own spin on a classic fairy tale.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

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

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 these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Verbs that Show Character Action.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Two Perspectives.

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.