Understanding Characters

Worksheet Description

The “Inferences Worksheet” is designed to enhance students’ understanding of characters in literature by encouraging them to make inferences about their personalities and traits.

After reading an assigned story, students choose a character of interest. They start by noting what the text explicitly reveals about the character’s attributes.

Next, they delve deeper and infer additional traits, motivations, or emotions based on their analysis of the text. Using textual evidence, students substantiate their inferences and provide explanations for their reasoning.

This exercise fosters critical thinking, close reading, and the ability to draw logical conclusions from the text. By examining characters beyond what’s directly stated, students gain a richer appreciation for the complexities of literary personas.