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- 1. About This Resource Thischart provides the purpose and a visual example of 18 different text features. Use this as a student handout/ student notes, for interactive journals, or hang it on the wall as a student reference. You can buy a comprehensive text features resource here. You might also find these text features blog posts helpful: Free Text Features Slideshow Text Feature Scavenger Hunt Ideas Text Feature Anchor Charts Integrating Technology While Teaching Text Features The following text features are included: • title • title page • table of contents • index • glossary • heading • photograph • illustration • caption • labels • graph • table • map • diagram • bold print • italics • bullet points • fact box/side bar
- 2. Nonfiction Text FeaturesChart Text Feature Purpose Example Title Identifies the topic of the text/tells what the text will be about Title Page Tells a book’s title, author, illustrator, and publisher Table of Contents Tells the names of chapters and what page the chapters can be found Index Tells what pages the reader can find certain topics Glossary Tells the definitions of some of the words found in a text Heading Divides the text into sections and explains what the sections will be about © 2015 Kalena Baker: Teaching Made Practical. All rights reserved.
- 3. Text Feature PurposeExample Photograph Shows what something looks like (taken with a camera) Illustration Shows what something looks like (drawn by an artist) Caption Explains what a photograph or illustration is about Labels Tells the names of certain parts of a photograph or illustration Graph Organizes and helps compare information in a visual way Table Organizes facts and numbers in a visual way so it is easier to read Nonfiction Text Features Chart © 2015 Kalena Baker: Teaching Made Practical. All rights reserved.
- 4. Text Feature PurposeExample Map Shows where places/ events are located Diagram Explains information or how something works in a visual way Bold Print Shows what words are important or what words can be found in the glossary Italics Shows that a word is important Bullet Points Makes lists easier to read and understand Fact Box/ Side Bar Gives interesting facts or extra information about a topic Nonfiction Text Features Chart © 2015 Kalena Baker: Teaching Made Practical. All rights reserved.
- 5. It includes noprep activities, reading passages, task cards, centers, writing integration, and more! Save time planning with the complete resource: Text Features Activities – Centers, Posters, Reading Passages, and More. You might also find these blog posts helpful: • How to Scaffold a Compare and Contrast Essay • Text Feature Scavenger Hunts • Morning Work Made Easy • Character Traits: Free Graphic Organizers • Point of View: It’s Not Just About 1st and 3rd Acknowledgements © 2014 Kalena Baker: Teaching Made Practical. Updated 2017. All rights reserved.. By copyright law, the download of this product entitles one teacher the use of the digital and printed files for a single classroom. Files are not to be shared or published (including being displayed on a website) in any way without direct permission from the author, Kalena Baker.