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Informational Text
Features
Laurie Larsen
Butterfield Canyon
Informational Text Features
Informational text features help the reader more easily navigate the text and often provide additional information to help students comprehend the content.

Print Features

Guide readers through the patterns of organization

Feature
T
able of Contents

Index

Helps the Reader...
Identify key topics in the book and
the order they are presented in

See everything in the text listed alphabetically, with page numbers

Glossary

Define words contained in the text

Preface

Set a purpose for reading, get an
overview of the content

Pronunciation
Guide

Say the words

Appendix

By offering additional information

Illustrations

Expand the meaning of the text

Feature
Photos

Drawings

Magnification

Helps the Reader...
Understand exactly what something
looks like
Understand what something could or
might have looked like
See details in something small

Organizational Aids

Help readers find important information

Feature
Bold Print

Helps the Reader...
By signaling the word is important and/or found in the glossary

Colored
Print

Understand the word is important

Italics

Understand the word is important

Graphic Aids

Represent information in some specific way

Feature

Helps the Reader...

Diagrams

Understand a more detailed or sim-

Flow Diagram

Understand a complex sequence of

Sketches

Visualize an important concept

Comparisons

Understand the size of one thing by
comparing it to the size of something
familiar

Graphs

Understand relativity between elements

plified view of information.

movements or actions

Bullets

Emphasize key points/
concepts

Titles

Locate different categories in
the text

Headings

Identify topics throughout the
book as they skim and scan

Figures

Combine text information with
graphical aids

Subheadings

Navigate through sections of
text

Maps

Understand where things are in the
world

Captions

Understand a picture or photograph

Charts/T
ables

Summarize/Compare information

Labels

Identify a picture or photograph and/or its parts

CrossSections

Understand something by looking at
it from the inside

Sidebars

Gather additional or explanatory information.

Overlays

Understand additional information

TIme-lines

Understand the sequence of time
Teaching Text Features
Model, Model, Model
Shared/Guided Reading, Interactive/Shared writing
Labels

Cut away diagram
Teaching Text Features
Model, Model, Model
Shared/Guided Reading, Interactive/Shared writing

Text Feature Scavenger Hunt
Students search through informational text with a partner
looking for as many features as they can find. They record
the feature and its purpose.
Text Feature Scavenger Hunt
Reader______________________

Date________________

Your job is to investigate text features and try to find examples of as many different features as you can.

Text Feature

Purpose

Found in

Page

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________________

_________________________

_____________ ______

________________

_________________________

_____________ ______
Teaching Text Features
Model, Model, Model
Shared/Guided Reading, Interactive/Shared writing

Text Feature Scavenger Hunt
Students search through informational text with a partner
looking for as many features as they can find. They record
the feature and its purpose.

Investigations
Synthesize learning and use informational text features to
teach the craft writing expository text.

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  • 2. Informational Text Features Informational text features help the reader more easily navigate the text and often provide additional information to help students comprehend the content. Print Features Guide readers through the patterns of organization Feature T able of Contents Index Helps the Reader... Identify key topics in the book and the order they are presented in See everything in the text listed alphabetically, with page numbers Glossary Define words contained in the text Preface Set a purpose for reading, get an overview of the content Pronunciation Guide Say the words Appendix By offering additional information Illustrations Expand the meaning of the text Feature Photos Drawings Magnification Helps the Reader... Understand exactly what something looks like Understand what something could or might have looked like See details in something small Organizational Aids Help readers find important information Feature Bold Print Helps the Reader... By signaling the word is important and/or found in the glossary Colored Print Understand the word is important Italics Understand the word is important Graphic Aids Represent information in some specific way Feature Helps the Reader... Diagrams Understand a more detailed or sim- Flow Diagram Understand a complex sequence of Sketches Visualize an important concept Comparisons Understand the size of one thing by comparing it to the size of something familiar Graphs Understand relativity between elements plified view of information. movements or actions Bullets Emphasize key points/ concepts Titles Locate different categories in the text Headings Identify topics throughout the book as they skim and scan Figures Combine text information with graphical aids Subheadings Navigate through sections of text Maps Understand where things are in the world Captions Understand a picture or photograph Charts/T ables Summarize/Compare information Labels Identify a picture or photograph and/or its parts CrossSections Understand something by looking at it from the inside Sidebars Gather additional or explanatory information. Overlays Understand additional information TIme-lines Understand the sequence of time
  • 3. Teaching Text Features Model, Model, Model Shared/Guided Reading, Interactive/Shared writing
  • 5. Teaching Text Features Model, Model, Model Shared/Guided Reading, Interactive/Shared writing Text Feature Scavenger Hunt Students search through informational text with a partner looking for as many features as they can find. They record the feature and its purpose.
  • 6. Text Feature Scavenger Hunt Reader______________________ Date________________ Your job is to investigate text features and try to find examples of as many different features as you can. Text Feature Purpose Found in Page ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______ ________________ _________________________ _____________ ______
  • 7. Teaching Text Features Model, Model, Model Shared/Guided Reading, Interactive/Shared writing Text Feature Scavenger Hunt Students search through informational text with a partner looking for as many features as they can find. They record the feature and its purpose. Investigations Synthesize learning and use informational text features to teach the craft writing expository text.