Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Pick out the Parts of a Story.

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

Making a timeline is a good way to sort out a story's events. Double the challenge by having kids make The Hobbit timeline, one of the book and one of the film.

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 this passage as an opportunity to work on reading comprehension, and explore Aunt Em's character inside and out.

Use this resource to teach your students to pick out character actions from the text as they answer questions.

This worksheet features writing prompts to help your kid think analytically about the story of Bridge to Terabithia and get the most out of the book and movie.

Bring books to life by having students create their very own character puppets! When they're finished, students can use the puppets to act out their favorite scenes.

Cut out this cool bookmark to spice up the reading experience for your readers. Students review the book they're reading and keep track of new words as they go.

What better way to learn about characters in stories than to become one? In this activity, students take on the role of a character as they act out scenes with a partner.

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.

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.

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

We all love a good story, but sometimes it's hard to keep track of what's important. Teach your kid how to map a story with this fun and engaging worksheet.

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

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

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

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

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

Your child will identify the author and illustrator of the book by circling the appropriate names on the cover of the book.

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.

Practice analyzing characters with this worksheet that features an excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. 

Compare and contrast characters with this clever fifth-grade graphic organizer!

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