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

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

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

Comparing characters in books is a great way to learn more about them, and learn more about how important characters are to books.

Using this template, readers will use symbols and words to identify the ways a character's actions, thoughts, and words change from the beginning to the end of a story.

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

Read this shortened version of the Monkey King story, then try your hand at writing a new folk tale starring the Monkey King himself!

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

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

Develop your student's writing skills with this character and setting worksheet. Encourage your students to use interesting adverbs and adjectives in their descriptions.

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

"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.

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

Read this passage about a rainy spring break to boost your character analysis skills!

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.

Help your child tap into this fictional attraction by sharing about their favorite character with a pen pal! Your young reader will use this fun postcard template to describe their favorite character, including their favorite piece of dialogue.

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

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.

This resource helps ELs incorporate their own thoughts and text connections into a thinking paragraph.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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