Key Roles Matching

This key roles matching worksheet supports students in Grades 9, 10, and 11 as they build reading comprehension, character analysis, and thematic understanding through George Orwell’s 1984. By matching major characters to detailed descriptions of their roles, motivations, and influence within the Party’s system, learners strengthen recall of plot details while analyzing how each figure contributes to the novel’s exploration of power, control, and rebellion.

Learning Goals

• Character & Theme Analysis (Grades 9-11): Students identify key figures and analyze how their roles support Orwell’s central themes.
• Reading Comprehension & Recall: Learners demonstrate understanding of character actions, relationships, and narrative function.
• Critical Thinking & Textual Reasoning: Students evaluate descriptions and use evidence from the text to justify accurate matches.
• Understanding Power Structures: Learners examine how individuals operate within and reinforce a totalitarian system.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to align with secondary ELA and social studies standards.
• Structured Matching Format: Encourages careful reading and precise thinking rather than guesswork.
• Supports Dystopian Analysis: Reinforces understanding of hierarchy, authority, and resistance in 1984.
• Flexible Use: Suitable for review activities, formative assessment, discussion preparation, or homeschool instruction.

This key roles matching worksheet helps students deepen understanding of 1984 by connecting characters to their broader ideological and structural significance. By analyzing how each role contributes to Orwell’s warning about totalitarian control, learners strengthen comprehension, critical analysis, and thematic interpretation. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this printable activity offers a clear, low-prep way to reinforce character knowledge and deepen engagement with a complex dystopian novel.

This worksheet is part of our 1984 Literature Study collection.