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2. “EITHER WRITE SOMETHING
WORTH READING OR DO
SOMETHING WORTH WRITING.”
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

3. AN INTRODUCTION
TO READING:
TEXT FEATURES

4. Identify the features
of your cellphone
and their uses.

6. TEXT
• is a large unit of written language
• group of ideas put together to make a point or one
central idea
• has a structure which requires the ideas in a
discourse to be relevant to each other

7. TEXT FEATURES are the parts of a nonfiction book that help you
find information easily or tell you more about the topic.
Some examples are:
• Titles
• Table of Contents
• Headings/Subheadings
• Photographs
• Illustrations
• Diagrams
• Captions
• Bold words
• Glossary
• Index
• Electronic Menu
• Icons

8. TITLE: The name of the book
•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
•focuses the reader on a topic so they
can make connections between what
they already know and the text

9. •shows how the book is
organized so you can find
information more easily
•The heading titles give the
reader an outline of what the
book is about.
Table of Contents
Flowers………………..…………..3
Vegetables………………..……....9
Fruit………………………............12
Trees…………………………….15
Glossary………………………...20
Index……………………………24
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Gives the heading and beginning page
number for each section of the book

10. HEADINGS/SUBHEADINGS:
Divide the text into sections
•Headings tell the main idea
of each section of text.
•Subheadings chunk text into
smaller pieces under a
heading.
•Headings and subheadings
are printed in large or bold
type to make them stand out.

11. PHOTOGRAPHS:
A picture taken with a camera that show
how something looks in real life
•Photographs show how
something looks, which helps
the reader better understand
the topic they are reading
about.

12. ILLUSTRATIONS: A hand-drawn picture
•Illustrations help the
reader “see” what
is being talked
about in the text.

13. DIAGRAMS:
A drawing that shows the part of something
•Diagrams show the reader the
parts of something to help them
better understand what is in the
text.
•Diagrams include labels for
each part.

14. CAPTIONS:
The words next to or below a picture that tell
what it is or what it is about
•A caption explains what is
shown in a photograph or
illustration.
•Captions help the reader
understand information that
may or may not be in the
text.

15. BOLD WORDS:
Important words that are darker than the text
around them
•Bold words tell the reader to pay attention – these words
are important!
•Bold words can be used for titles, headings, and key words
like important vocabulary words.
•Sometimes the important words will be a different color or
in italics.
•Sometimes the meaning of the important words can be
found in the glossary.

16. GLOSSARY:
Tells what important words mean
• A glossary is like a small dictionary of
words. It tells or shows what words
mean.
• The words in the glossary are in
alphabetical order.
• The words in the glossary were used in
the book.
• A glossary is usually found at the end
of the book or near the back.
Glossary
flower: the part of the plant that makes
new seeds
fruit: the part of the plant that holds the
seeds
seed: the part of the plant that can
grow into a new plant

17. INDEX:
A list of the topics and people in the text
•keywords and names listed in
alphabetical order
•is a way to quickly find information
that is in the text because it gives
the page number where you can
find the information
Index
butterfly
food………………………..10
life cycle…………………...... 7
types of....…………………..12
caterpillars…………………….6
Gibbons, Gail…..…………...…1

18. ICON:
A picture that represents something else
•Icons can be used to find
information in a computer
program or website.
•The picture in the icon
represents the information
that you can find or the task
that you can do.
screen shot from www.starfall.com

19. WHY ARE TEXT FEATURES IMPORTANT?
•Text features help the reader to quickly find important
information.
•Text features teach the reader about the topic.
•Text features can help the reader answer questions about
a topic and the text they are reading.

20. TEXT AS CONNECTED DISCOURSE
•Text features help organize and link ideas, making the
text flow logically from one part to another.
•Text as connected discourse means that the text is not just
a list of isolated sentences, but a coherent and
meaningful whole.

21. - How does organizing and
connecting your ideas help you
build better relationships with
others?