This Bundle Includes the Understanding Characters AND Character Trait Activities

Understanding Characters

The author tells us about a character by what the character says and does. By paying attention to characters; what they say and do, we can learn about characters’ thoughts and feelings. Describing characters’ words, actions, and feelings will help us understand personalities and help explain why they act the way they do. Understanding a character helps us connect to them and relate to them as if they were a real person. It makes the story more interesting.

Lesson Plan with "I Do" "We Do" "They Do" "You Do" Steps

Graphic Organizer
Writing Activity
Anchor Chart

Lesson Plan can be used in Whole Group or Small Group
Graphic Organizer and Writing Activity Can be Used in Whole Group, Small Group and Independent Practice


Character Traits


This small set has much inside it.

Anchor Chart to show internal and external characteristics of Characters,
Graphic Organizer to Apply this to a character students know well, themselves. Small graphic organizer to look at just two of these traits and show the evidence for them at introduction either themselves or another well known character.

Blank Graphic Organizer, boy and girl, to apply to any character in any story.

Graphic Organizer with multiple lines to write the trait and the evidence found to support this trait.

Finally, there is a writing activity where students use the graphic organizer to write about the character and draw a picture of the character.