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Using Events to Support Character Traits
Warm Up: Let’s Go!
Pretend to be Goldilocks in your
favorite scene from Goldilocks
and the Three Bears.
Read Goldilocks and the Three Bears. For each character, list two
character traits. For each trait, write an event from the story that
shows why you think the character has that trait. Two examples have
been done for you.
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Characters Respond to Major Events and Challenges
Walksheets by Walkabouts
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Describing How a Character
Responds to Major Events
Warm Up: Get Active!
Run in place and pretend you are
Goldilocks at the end of Goldilocks
and the Three Bears.
Read Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Answer the questions. When
possible, support your answers with evidence from the story.
What do you think Goldilocks was doing walking in the woods by herself?
Evidence from the book:
Write down some words to describe Goldilocks. Is she brave? Nosy?
Evidence from the book:
The book does not say what Goldilocks thought about breaking the chair. How do
you think she felt about it? Why do you think so?
Evidence from the book:
Who do you think was more frightened, the bears or Goldilocks? Why?
Evidence from the book:
What lesson do you think Goldilocks learned? What would you tell Goldilocks if you
could talk to her?
Evidence from the book:
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Characters Respond to Major Events and Challenges
Walksheets by Walkabouts
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Warm Up: Get Moving!
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Pretend you are Goldilocks being
curious in the bears’ cottage.
Pretend to look around the kitchen.
Comparing Character Traits
Read the list of character traits. Write the words in the characters’
circles. If a word describes more than one character, write it in the
space where the circles overlap. You may not use all of the words.
grown-up
young
curious
playful
nosy
independent
brave
inquisitive
observant
sleepy
angry
sad
Goldilocks
Baby Bear
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Characters Respond to Major Events and Challenges
Papa Bear and
Mama Bear
Walksheets by Walkabouts
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Describing a Character in a Story
Warm Up: Let’s Move!
Act out a scene from Goldilocks and the
Three Bears that stars Baby Bear.
Things that characters do and say tell you about them. Pick one character
from Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Fill in the boxes to help you learn
more about the character. Character:
Tell something that the
character says.
Tell something that the
character does.
Tell something that surprised you
about the character.
These things make you think the
character is
because
.
2 - ELA (Reading: Literature) Describing How
Characters Respond to Major Events and Challenges
Walksheets by Walkabouts
© 2015 ActivEd, Inc.
2 - ELA (Reading: Literature) Describing How Characters Respond to Major Events and
Challenges
Using Events to Support Character Traits
Warm Up: Students should pretend they are Goldilocks in their favorite scene in Goldilocks
and the Three Bears.
Answers will vary.
Describing How a Character Responds to Major Events
Warm Up: Students should run in place like Goldilocks at the end of Goldilocks and the Three
Bears.
Answers will vary.
Comparing Character Traits
Warm Up: Students should pretend they are Goldilocks looking around the bears’ kitchen.
Goldilocks: young, curious, playful, nosy, independent, brave, inquisitive, sleepy
Baby Bear: young, observant, angry, sad
Papa Bear and Mama Bear: grown-up, observant, angry
Describing a Character in a Story
Warm Up: Students should act out a scene from Goldilocks and the Three Bears that stars
Baby Bear.
Answers will vary.
2 - ELA (Reading: Literature) Describing How
Characters Respond to Major Events and Challenges
Walksheets by Walkabouts
© 2015 ActivEd, Inc.