1. Nonfiction Text Features 12-in-1 Poster Set
Congratulations on your purchase of this Really Good the Main Poster and read the definition of that text
Stuff® Nonfiction Text Features 12-in-1 Poster Set—a feature aloud. Point out the example on the Mini Poster
comprehensive way to teach features included in and ask students how the feature helps them to
nonfiction text. understand the text better. Distribute nonfiction
materials for students to explore and encourage them to
This Really Good Stuff® product includes: find other examples of the feature. Discuss how the
• 1 Nonfiction Text Features 12-in-1 Poster, laminated examples the students found help a reader. Tell students
• 12 Text Features Mini Posters, laminated to put their Mini Poster Reproducible in a safe place at
• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide the end of each lesson. Once you have reviewed and
students have received all of the Mini Poster
Before displaying the Nonfiction Text Features 12-in-1 reproducibles, have them create a cover sheet and staple
Poster Set, make copies of this Really Good Stuff® all of them together to make a resource guide of text
Activity Guide, and the reproducibles found on the back features.
of each Mini Poster, and file the pages for future use. Or,
download another copy of it from our Web site at Nonfiction Text Features Activity
www.reallygoodstuff.com. The unique format of this Copy and distribute the Nonfiction Text Features Activity
Poster allows you to display it in a couple of ways: Reproducible. Point to each Mini Poster and review the
• Insert the Mini Poster that you are using in your information on each. Distribute a student periodical to
current lesson in the center of the Main Poster and each student and tell students to locate an example of
display the other Mini Posters around it. three of the text features you have studied. Instruct
• Display all the Mini Posters at the same time around students to write the name of each text feature in the
the outside of the Main Poster. first column, to cut and glue the example of the text
feature found in the periodical in the middle column, and
You can insert your Mini Posters into the Main Poster in to describe in the last column how each feature helps
two different ways: Either tuck them into the slits at them understand the text. Encourage students to share
each corner, or into the tabs at the top and bottom of their examples.
the display area.
Text Features Bingo
Introducing the Nonfiction Text Features 12-in-1 Find and collect several examples of the text features in
Poster Set a variety of print materials. Point to each Mini Poster you
Gather a few nonfiction books and display them along have studied and review the information with the class.
the ledge of your chalkboard. Explain to students that Copy and distribute the Text Features Bingo Card
nonfiction books and materials often include additional Reproducible and instruct students to fill in the boxes
information other than in the main text. Identifying and with the names of the text features you just reviewed
using this additional information will help them to (they can repeat text features). Distribute Bingo
understand better what they read. Review the text “markers” and explain how to play: Tell students that you
features found on the Main Poster and discuss how each will display an example of a text feature and they are to
feature might enhance or supplement what they read. place a marker on that text feature on their Text
Features Bingo Card Reproducible, indicating that if the
Using the Nonfiction Text Features 12-in-1 Poster Set text feature is written in more than one space, they can
Before introducing each text feature, gather some choose which space they want to cover. In order to get
nonfiction materials that include examples of that text bingo, students need five in a row, either across, down or
feature. Copy and distribute the Mini Poster Reproducible diagonally. Reward the winner with a sticker, trip to your
on the back of the Mini Poster. Display the Mini Poster on “treasure box,” or other special treat.
All activity guides can be found online:
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2. Nonfiction Text Features Activity Reproducible
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3. Text Features Bingo Card Reproducible
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4. Types of Print Mini Poster Reproducible
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5. Maps Mini Poster Reproducible
A list of
important
information
or facts that
can be
found in the
text.
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6. Headings Mini Poster Reproducible
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7. Table of Contents Mini Poster Reproducible
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8. Insets and Sidebars Mini Poster Reproducible
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9. Bullets, Asterisks, and Stars Mini Poster Reproducible
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10. Time Lines Mini Poster Reproducible
A list of
important
information
or facts that
can be
found in the
text.
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11. Charts and Graphs Mini Poster Reproducible
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12. Glossary Mini Poster Reproducible
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13. Captions and Labels Mini Poster Reproducible
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14. Index Mini Poster Reproducible
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15. Diagrams and Cutaways Mini Poster Reproducible
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