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.
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