Character Analysis Task Cards – Character Traits Passages & Graphic Organzier

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If your students need practice thinking about and understanding characters, these reading task cards are sure to help. Your students will love these engaging character traits task cards! Each fiction character traits passage takes up just a half page so they won’t take a long time for your students to read and they are focused on helping your students understand character traits, feelings, thoughts, and actions. The passages could be used to teach a variety of reading comprehension skills, but they are written with characters as the focus.

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What’s Included?

This resource includes 20 fiction task cards. Each task card contains a short reading passage (half a page) that focuses on identifying character traits and includes a variety of printing options so you can find the exact format that will work for your students’ needs.

Option 1: Just the Text

• You can print the task cards with just the text. This is a great option if you want to use these fictional reading passages to teach something other than characters or if you plan on using them in a traditional task card way.
• There are all three different student response sheets included that you can pair with the task cards.
• There is also a digital version included created Google Slides

Option 2: Text & Graphic Organizer

• This option needs to be printed front and back.
• One one side students have the reading passage (same as option 1), and on the back there is a graphic organizer to help them understand the characters.
• This is a great option to help students organize their thinking about the text and to learn strategies that will help them understand characters.
• There is also a digital version included created Google Slides

Option 3: Text & Reading Response Questions

• This option needs to be printed front and back.
• One side students have the reading passage (same as option 1), and on the other side there is a set of text-based comprehension questions and a space for a sticky note so they can “stop-and-jot” while they read the text.
• This is a great option if you want students to understand characters on their own and respond to the comprehension questions.
• There is also a digital version included created Google Slides

*Each option also includes a digital version created using Google Slides so you can use this resource no matter what your teaching situation looks like.

How Can I Use This Resource?

There are TONS of ways you can use this resource in your classroom.

• Print the task cards on cardstock and use them in a literacy center to help your students describe characters.
• Use the task card passages as part of your strategy group or small group instruction. They are short and focused and are the perfect small group teaching tool.
• Make a copy of 1-2 of the task cards and give to students are part of your warm-up, morning work, or homework.
• Use as a quick assessment at the end of your lesson or unit on characters
• Use for ANY FICTION instruction – while these task cards are perfect for teaching characters, you can also use them to teach a variety of fictional comprehension skills.

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