Character Chart Template | 14 Blank Reusable Charts for Any Text

A Character Chart Template set: fourteen blank charts with heading bands you write yourself. One page does a different job every time you print it, and none of them is tied to a particular text, grade or subject.

WHAT IS INCLUDED

- 14 one-page blank templates, one per page, US Letter, low-ink

- Character charts with 3, 4 and 5 columns, including a whole-cast running record

- A two-character comparison chart with a blank question column

- A two-column chart, a three-part chart and a four-part chart

- Grids in 2x2, 3x2 and 2x3

- Character webs with 4 and 6 branches

- Timelines with 4 and 5 stages, joined by arrows

- A contents page that also lists ideas for what to label each shape

HOW IT WORKS

- Every heading band carries a rule to write on. Fill the headings in once and photocopy the sheet all year, or hand them out blank and let students choose their own categories.

- Pick the shape that matches the thinking: a table to track a cast, a web to look at one character from several angles, a timeline for change, a grid for sorting.

- Every page has a line for the title of the text, so a folder of finished work still makes sense later.

WHO IT IS FOR

- Grades 3-12, any novel, short story, play, picture book or film

- Teachers who already know what they want on the page and want the ruling done

- Anyone who has been searching for a character chart template that is not locked to one novel

- Sub days, literature circles, independent reading and reading intervention

FORMAT

- Print-and-go PDF, black-and-white friendly, no prep

Want the headings already written in? The companion set is Character Chart - the same shapes with the analysis prompts printed on them.

TERMS OF USE

- For single-classroom / single-teacher use. Do not redistribute or post publicly.

- (c) Response Resources. All rights reserved.