How a Character Feels and Acts in a Stage Fright Story

Read the story together, then ask your child what kind of person the main character is before starting the chart. For each quote, ask what kind of person would do or say that. Use the other accepted answers in the key, since more than one trait word can be right.

Read a story about stage fright in a class play, chart how Sam feels at each point and how he changes. A character trait is what a character is like inside. Feelings change from moment to moment, and actions show them. The directions on the page read: Read the story. Then, turn the page and answer the questions. On page 2: Use the story. Fill in chart rows 1 to 3. Then, circle the best answer to questions 4 and 5. Then, answer question 6 on the 4 lines with two details. The answer key covers the questions on page 2.

Yes, both. We made it for 4th Grade story elements, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with character analysis. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

It means describing a character in depth with details from the text: what the character does, says and thinks (CCSS RL.4.3). A child should be able to name a trait, like patient or determined, and point to the sentence that shows it. Every sheet in this topic asks for exactly that.

A feeling changes from moment to moment, like nervous before a swim test or proud after it. A trait is what the character is like inside most of the time, like brave or honest. Several sheets chart how a character feels at each point in the story, then ask how the character changes by the end.

Ask what the character did, then ask what kind of person would do that. The chart on each sheet gives the quote and its paragraph number, so your child can focus on naming the trait. For the last question, have your child point to two sentences in the story before writing.

Yes. All 16 sheets have an answer key, with a sample answer for each chart row and the written question. The key also lists other answers to accept, since more than one trait word can fit.