Meet the Characters!
This worksheet helps students explore characterisation by identifying, describing, and comparing characters. Kindergarten students match characters with actions, Year 1 students describe a character’s traits, and Year 2 students analyse character differences using a Venn diagram. The activities support comprehension, vocabulary development, and inferential thinking. Fast-finisher tasks extend learning with creative and analytical opportunities.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to use appropriate interaction skills to listen and respond to others in different environments and use appropriate voice levels, body language, gestures and eye contact when speaking and listening to others.
- We are learning to make connections to personal experiences when discussing texts.
- We are learning to identify features, such as characters and settings, of different literary texts and give reasons for personal preferences.
- We are learning to use appropriate interaction skills to listen and respond to others in different environments.
- We are learning to use appropriate voice levels, body language, gestures and eye contact when speaking and listening to others.
- We are learning to make connections to personal experiences when explaining characters and main events in short texts.
- We are learning to identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain and give reasons for personal preferences.
Curriculum alignment
AC9EFLY02
9
Interact in informal and structured situations by listening while others speak and using features of voice including volume levels
AC9E1LE02
9
Discuss literary texts and share responses by making connections with students’ own experiences
AC9E2LE02
9
Identify features of literary texts, such as characters and settings, and give reasons for personal preferences
ACELY1646
8.4
Listen to and respond orally to texts and to the communication of others in informal and structured classroom situations
ACELY1784
8.4
Use interaction skills including listening while others speak, using appropriate voice levels, articulation and body language, gestures and eye contact
ACELT1582
8.4
Discuss characters and events in a range of literary texts and share personal responses to these texts, making connections with students' own experiences
ACELT1590
8.4
Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences
ENe-1A
old
Communicates with peers and known adults in informal and guided activities demonstrating emerging skills of group interaction
EN1-11D
old
Responds to and composes a range of texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences
ENE-OLC-01
new
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults
EN1-OLC-01
new
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions
EN1-UARL-01
new
Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose
VCELY174
Listen to and respond orally to texts and to the communication of others in informal and structured classroom situations using interaction skills, including listening, while others speak
VCELT207
Discuss characters and events in a range of literary texts and share personal responses to these texts, making connections with own experiences
VCELT241
Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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