New City Feelings

This narrative comprehension worksheet is designed for students in Grades 5, 6, and 7 to strengthen emotional inference, close reading, and paragraph writing skills. Students read a short story about Maya adjusting to life in a new city and write a focused 4-5 sentence paragraph explaining how she feels, using at least one piece of textual evidence to support their interpretation.

Learning Goals

• Inferring Character Feelings (Grades 5-7)
  Students interpret emotions that are implied through actions, dialogue, and setting.
• Citing Textual Evidence
  Learners support ideas with specific details from the narrative.
• Narrative Reading Comprehension
  Students analyze how authors reveal emotions indirectly.
• Paragraph Writing with Support
  The activity reinforces clear topic sentences, explanation, and evidence.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource
  Designed by educators to align with upper elementary and middle school ELA standards.
• Emotional Literacy & Empathy
  Encourages students to understand and articulate feelings during life transitions.
• Structured Writing Practice
  Sentence-length guidance supports organization and clarity.
• Flexible Classroom Use
  Ideal for inference lessons, narrative units, SEL integration, or assessment.

This printable worksheet gives students meaningful practice with inferring character emotions and explaining ideas using textual evidence. By analyzing Maya’s adjustment to a new city, learners strengthen reading comprehension, empathy, and evidence-based writing skills. Suitable for classroom instruction or homeschool use, this no-prep resource supports confident paragraph writing and deeper understanding of how stories convey feelings through subtle details.

This worksheet is part of our Grade 5 Reading Comprehension collection.