Character Connections

This character connections worksheet helps students in Grades 5, 6, and 7 build reading comprehension, character understanding, textual evidence skills, and moral interpretation through Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. By matching key characters to their descriptions, learners strengthen recall of important figures while analyzing how each character contributes to the story’s themes of generosity, responsibility, and personal transformation.

Learning Goals

• Character Analysis (Grades 5-7): Students identify major characters such as Scrooge, Marley, and the Ghosts of Christmas and connect them to defining traits and roles.
• Reading Comprehension & Recall: Learners demonstrate understanding of key details, actions, and character functions in the text.
• Textual Evidence Skills: Students use story knowledge and context clues to support accurate matches.
• Theme & Moral Understanding: Learners recognize how characters reflect Dickens’s messages about compassion, redemption, and social responsibility.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to align with upper elementary and middle school ELA standards.
• Clear Matching Format: Supports quick comprehension checks and reinforces accurate reading.
• Builds Literary Vocabulary: Helps students interpret character descriptions and traits in context.
• Flexible Use: Works well for independent practice, guided reading, review activities, or homeschool lessons.

This character connections worksheet supports students in strengthening character recognition, literary recall, and moral understanding through focused engagement with A Christmas Carol. By carefully matching characters to their roles and traits, learners improve reading accuracy, textual interpretation, and comprehension of theme. Suitable for classroom instruction or homeschool use, this printable activity offers a simple, low-prep way to reinforce character analysis and deepen understanding of a classic literary work.

This worksheet is part of our A Christmas Carol collection.