CHARACTER

Children will analyze a character by identifying what he or she sees, and does, feels and thinks throughout a story.
MATERIALS: copies of page 27, pencils WHEN TO USE: during reading, after reading

Name:
First Graphic Organizers: Reading Scholastic Teaching Resources

___________________________________________________________

Laurey

Date: ______________________________________

October 11

Title:

_______________________________________________

Chrysanthemum
sees

Character:

_______________________________________________

Chrysanthemum

does

feels

thinks

grows parents goes to classmates Mrs. Chud school

bad after her name is being perfect teased her name is good about dreadful her name eats mac Mrs.Twinkle and cheese Mrs.Twinkle thrilled is a wonder
dreams her name is Jane blushes

DIRECTIONS:
children 1 Have 2 3 4 record 5 6 the title. They then
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identify a focus character and record the characters name on the line at the top of the page. What are some things the character saw in this story? Continue through each column in the same manner.

1 2 Review 3 4 the 5four 6columns. Begin by asking,

Have children work in

groups and give each group a different character from the same story. Then have each group share their character analysis.

children 1 2 3 Have 4 5 6 write or draw what they remember. 2 3 4 Use 5 the 6 organizer to encourage discussion: How does what the character sees (does, feels, thinks) impact other characters in the story? How do the actions or feelings of the character change, if at all, in the story? What caused these changes?

This organizer can also

help with pre-writing an autobiography or a biography.

A great book for this organizer is:

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes (William Morrow & Company, 1991)

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First Graphic Organizers: Reading Scholastic Teaching Resources

Name:
First Graphic Organizers: Reading Scholastic Teaching Resources

___________________________________________________________

Date: ______________________________________

Title:

_______________________________________________

Character:

_______________________________________________

sees

does

feels

thinks

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