How well do you know Text Features?

What are text

features?

When can I use Text

Features?

How can Text

Features Help?

Where can I find Text

Features?

Understanding

Nonfiction

Text

A. Authors include text features to help the reader better understand what they have read.

B. Text features provide information that may not be written in the text itself.

C. Text features can be found in textbooks, magazine articles, newspapers, reports, web pages, and other forms of nonfiction text.

D. Only A and C

E. A, B, and C

1. What’s the truth about Text Features?

2. Name this Text Feature.

_______ • An alphabetical

listing of the key names, terms, events, and topics with page numbers.

• Helps to find pages that contain specific information.

A Abu Simbel, temple of,

p73

Acadia, Canada, 212-213

Acid rain, 396, c396-c397,

396-397

Animal Adaptations p1

Animal Food p2

Animal Habitats p3

Animal Homes p5

________

• A list of key terms in alphabetical order.

• Each key word is defined.

• Sometimes gives how to pronounce a word.

A Acid rain (AS ihd rayn) rain

that carries certain kind of

pollution.

Adapt (uh DAPT) to change in

order to survive in new

environments

3. Name this Text Feature.

________ • Tells the reader the

topic of the text.

• Shows the main idea of the text.

• Helps the reader by letting them know what they are about to read.

4. Name this Text Feature.

_________ • Divides the text into

sections.

• Tells the main idea of each section of text.

• Printed in large or bold type to make them stand out.

• Helps the reader to locate information in the text by telling them where to look.

Helpful Ants

Although ants are frustrating

when they get in homes, ants do

help the environment. They help

control the population of

damaging pests such as

termites.

Types of Ants

Types of ants include fire ants,

which cause a painful sting, and

carpenter ants, which damage

wood structures while nest

building. Other types of ants

include honey, pharaoh, house,

Argentine, and the thief ant.

5. Name this Text Feature.

______________

• A style and color of the text that signals how to read the content.

• Helps certain words to stand out.

• Draws the reader’s attention to important information.

The Wetlands of the South Why are the South’s wetlands

so important?

The Okefenokee (oh kuh fuh

NOH kee) Swamp is a large

wetland in the South. A

wetland is a place where the

ground is soaked with water for

at least part of the year.

6. Name this Text Feature.

_________

• Provides information in a visual way.

• Works with the words and headings to help teach material.

• Helps the reader understand an idea from the text that was unclear.

7. Name this Text Feature.

________ • Explains

what is shown in a picture or illustration.

• Helps to understand information that may or may not be in the text.

Photo by MARCIN SZCZEPANSKI

These gold coins were found on

the ocean floor!

8. Name this Text Feature.

_______ • Drawings that show the

basic shape of the land and other geographical, political, or historical features.

• Present information in a visual form.

• Helps the reader understand where an event happens.

9. Name this Text Feature.

________

• A drawing that shows or explains something.

• Helps the reader understand steps, how objects are made, or information in the text.

10. Name this Text Feature.

________ • Organizes large

amounts of information in a small space.

• Presents all kinds of data, from numbers and amounts, to calendars and menus.

• Hels the reader compare information in the text.

11. Name this Text Feature.

________ • Show important

events in chronological order or time order.

• Helps the reader better understand the order of events and how one event may have lead to another.

12. Name this Text Feature.

How well did you

do?

The Truth about Text Features

A. Authors include text features to help the reader better understand what they have read.

B. Text features provide information that may not be written in the text itself.

C. Text features can be found in textbooks, magazine articles, newspapers, reports, web pages, and other forms of nonfiction text.

D. Only A and C

E. A, B, and C

2. Index • An alphabetical

listing of the key names, terms, events, and topics with page numbers.

• help find pages that contain specific information.

A Abu Simbel, temple of,

p73

Acadia, Canada, 212-213

Acid rain, 396, c396-c397,

396-397

Animal Adaptations p1

Animal Food p2

Animal Habitats p3

Animal Homes p5

3. Glossary

• A list of key terms in alphabetical order.

• Each key word is defined.

• Sometimes gives how to pronounce a word.

A Acid rain (AS ihd rayn) rain

that carries certain kind of

pollution.

Adapt (uh DAPT) to change in

order to survive in new

environments

4. Titles • Tells the reader the

topic of the text.

• Shows the main idea of the text.

• Titles help the reader by letting them know what they are about to read.

5. Subheadings • Divides the text into

sections.

• Tells the main idea of each section of text.

• Printed in large or bold type to make them stand out.

• Subheadings help the reader to locate information in the text by telling them where to look.

Helpful Ants

Although ants are frustrating when

they get in homes, ants do help the

environment. They help control the

population of damaging pests such as

termites.

Types of Ants

Types of ants include fire ants, which

cause a painful sting, and carpenter

ants, which damage wood structures

while nest building. Other types of

ants include honey, pharaoh, house,

Argentine, and the thief ant.

6. Bold Print and Italics

• A style and color of the text that signals about how to read the content.

• Helps certain words to stand out.

• Draws the readers attention to important information.

The Wetlands of the South Why are the South’s wetlands

so important?

The Okefenokee (oh kuh fuh

NOH kee) Swamp is a large

wetland in the South. A

wetland is a place where the

ground is soaked with water for

at least part of the year.

• Provides information in a visual way.

• Works with the words and headings to help teach material.

• Helps the reader understand an idea from the text that was unclear.

7. Photographs & Illustrations

8. Captions • Explains

what is shown in a picture or illustration.

• Helps to understand information that may or may not be in the text.

Photo by MARCIN SZCZEPANSKI

These gold coins were found on

the ocean floor!

9. Maps • Drawings that show the

basic shape of the land and other geographical, political, or historical features.

• Present information in a visual form.

• Helps the reader understand where an event happens.

10. Diagrams

• A drawing that shows or explains something.

• Helps the reader understand steps, how objects are made, or information in the text.

11. Tables • Organizes large

amounts of information in a small space.

• Presents all kinds of data, from numbers and amounts, to calendars and menus.

• Hels the reader compare information in the text.

12. Time Line • Show important

events in chronological order or time order.

• Helps the reader better understand the order of events and how one event may have lead to another.

Now Let’s Apply What We Know!

You will do a close read

on 2 chapters from the

book with your partner.

You and your partner

will use text features to

teach the class about

your chapters.

Helen Keller: A Phot0biographic Story of a Life: chapter 1: A Remarkable Life

Main Ideas and Supporting Details

1.Accomplishments

a. Spoke and Read 4 Languages

b. Typed on a Braillewriter

c. Educated in an excellent university

d. Spoke out for women’s rights, unions, unfair work

practices

Helen Keller: A Phot0biographic Story of a Life: chapter 1: A Remarkable Life

Main Ideas and Supporting Details

2. Goals

a. Wanted to be accepted as no different than others

b. Wanted to show that people with disabilities could accomplish many things

Helen Keller: A Phot0biographic Story of a Life: chapter 1: A Remarkable Life

Main Ideas and Supporting Details

3. Annie Sullivan

a. Helen called her “Teacher” her whole life

b. Both Helen and Annie accepted challenges

c. Helen considered Annie her “Miracle Worker”

What Factors Forged Helen Keller’s Identity in Chapter 1?

Religion: Helen began and ended her days by

reading her Braille Bible.

This gave her strength and encouragement to

face her challenges.

Trials: Helen was blind and deaf from the

age of 19 months

The trials of being blind and deaf forced

Helen to learn differently and to challenge

herself to accomplish great things for herself

and for others with disabilities.

Text Feature Location

in Text

How Will This Help the Reader?

Photographs

p. 6

p. 8

Exemplifies Helen’s influence around the

world.

Better understand what a Braille Bible

looks like.

Quotations

p. 8

A direct quote from Helen proves that

her goal was to accomplish what had

never been done before,

Captions

p. 6

The caption explains why Helen is

dressed in clothes from India . It

further illustrates her worldly influence.

Text Features

Photographs

Real photographs of Helen

Keller at an older age help me

to visualize what it must have

been like to be blind and deaf.

These photographs also

demonstrate that Helen enjoyed

life to the fullest.

Now It’s Your Turn!

The End