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

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. 

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.

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character’s actions with their emotions.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

"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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.