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Novel Study – Character Map Worksheet

Updated: 03 Jul 2023

Explore and analyse the characters in your class novel with this set of three worksheets.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 3 Pages
Years: 4 - 6

Curriculum

VC2E4LE02

Describe the effects of text structures and language features in a range of literary texts when responding to and sharing opinions <ul> <li>sharing and discussing their understanding of the effects of literary techniques on their appreciation of texts</li> <li>sharing responses to texts, using appropriate language to talk specifically about grammar and literature, for example ‘The use of the noun groups to describe the character really helps to create images for the reader.’</li> <li>using language appropriate for a text, such as ‘flashback’, ‘tension’ and ‘resolution’, when sharing opinions about plot structure</li> </ul>
VC2E4LE03

Compare how authors and illustrators make literary texts exciting, moving and absorbing and hold readers’ interest by using plot tension, character and setting <ul> <li>examining an author’s choice of language to describe a character’s appearance, behaviour and speech</li> <li>discussing what is learnt about a character through dialogue such as their likes, dislikes or personal qualities</li> <li>identifying moments in the plot where characters are faced with choices, and commenting on how the author makes the reader care about their decisions and the consequences</li> <li>identifying how illustrations contribute to the meaning of stories by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors</li> </ul>
VC2E5LE03

Recognise that the point of view in a literary text influences how readers interpret and respond to plots, characters and events <ul> <li>comparing texts narrated from a first-person and third-person point of view, and discussing what information the audience can access and how this influences the audience’s sympathies</li> <li>discussing why an author might choose a particular point of view</li> </ul>

teaching resource

Novel Study – Character Map Worksheet

Updated: 03 Jul 2023

Explore and analyse the characters in your class novel with this set of three worksheets.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 3 Pages
Years: 4 - 6

Explore and analyse the characters in your class novel with this set of three worksheets.

Exploring Characters in Literature

Are you looking for generic literature study resources that can be used with any piece of literature your class is reading? Teach Starter has you covered with our extensive range of novel study worksheets!

This particular worksheet allows students to analyse the characteristics and motives of the protagonist and antagonist in a novel, as well as one supporting character.

Students will have the opportunity to comment on the following features of each character:

Physical features
Personality traits
Interactions between the protagonist and antagonist
The motivations of the antagonist
Resolutions the protagonist has been involved in
Ways the supporting character has progressed the storyline

Multiple Uses for These Novel Study Worksheets

This versatile resource can be used in various ways in your upper primary classroom. Why not try some of the following activities:

Whole-class activity (via smartboard)
Reading group task
Individual practice
Homework task
Summative assessment

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Curriculum

VC2E4LE02

Describe the effects of text structures and language features in a range of literary texts when responding to and sharing opinions <ul> <li>sharing and discussing their understanding of the effects of literary techniques on their appreciation of texts</li> <li>sharing responses to texts, using appropriate language to talk specifically about grammar and literature, for example ‘The use of the noun groups to describe the character really helps to create images for the reader.’</li> <li>using language appropriate for a text, such as ‘flashback’, ‘tension’ and ‘resolution’, when sharing opinions about plot structure</li> </ul>
VC2E4LE03

Compare how authors and illustrators make literary texts exciting, moving and absorbing and hold readers’ interest by using plot tension, character and setting <ul> <li>examining an author’s choice of language to describe a character’s appearance, behaviour and speech</li> <li>discussing what is learnt about a character through dialogue such as their likes, dislikes or personal qualities</li> <li>identifying moments in the plot where characters are faced with choices, and commenting on how the author makes the reader care about their decisions and the consequences</li> <li>identifying how illustrations contribute to the meaning of stories by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors</li> </ul>
VC2E5LE03

Recognise that the point of view in a literary text influences how readers interpret and respond to plots, characters and events <ul> <li>comparing texts narrated from a first-person and third-person point of view, and discussing what information the audience can access and how this influences the audience’s sympathies</li> <li>discussing why an author might choose a particular point of view</li> </ul>

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