4th Grade Analyze Characters Resources

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

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.

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.

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

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

Ask students questions about "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer to develop their reading comprehension skills.

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.

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

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

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.

"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 graphic organizer to help your students identify the four elements of a fictional story: characters, setting, problem, and solution.

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

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

Here's a snapshot of the story of Orion. His tale makes for light reading and simple practice with story structure for kids.

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

Travel to the Land of the Munchkins in this Wizard of Oz worksheet, which focuses on story details and setting.

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

Develop your students' writing skills with this character and setting worksheet!

Read this famous Norse myth starring Sif and Loki and find out how mythology shapes our understanding of the world around us.

This resource helps ELs make strong connections with a simple fiction text. After reading a short story, students will think about how they can connect with the text and use sentence frames to explain their thinking.

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.

We all know the classic fairy tale, and now you have a chance to put your own spin on the story of Cinderella! Your kids can let their imaginations take flight as they add their own plot twists and illustrations to the beloved story.

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.

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