Character Compass Organizer
Page 1 • Front Character Motivation Guide
Character Compass Organizer
Headline • Midline • Baseline
Student Name
Date
Book / Story Title
Character Focus
Prompt 1: The Character's Goal (The "What")
What does this character want to achieve, find, change, or fix?
Prompt 2: The Character's Feelings (The "Heart")
How does the character feel during this journey? What emotions guide them?
Feeling Bank:
Determined Anxious Hopeful Frustrated Brave Confused Proud Protective
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Page 2 • Back Deep Motivation & Proof
Character Compass Organizer
Student:
Character:
Prompt 3: The Reasons (The "Why")
Why is this important? What beliefs, secrets, or past events push them?
Prompt 4: Actions & Choices (The "How")
What specific choice or action does the character make because of their reasons?
Prompt 5: Text Evidence (The "Proof")
Write a quote, dialogue snippet, or scene detail from the book that proves this:
💡 Synthesis Sentence:
[Character] wants ________ because ________, so they ________, proving they feel ________.
