Text and Graphic Features

Nonfiction text and graphic features

Refresher: There are many types of text and graphic features

Titles, subtitles, headings, bold words, italics, highlighted words, photos, graphs, diagrams, sidebars, captions

Let's test your knowledge!

Poll

What is the purpose of a heading

• to show what is happening in a photo

• to tell the reader what a paragraph or section is about

• to give a visual

Poll

What is the purpose of a caption

• to tell what is happening in a photo

• to tell what a paragraph or section is about

• to give important vocabulary terms

Poll

What is the purpose of a sidebar?

• To tell the reader what a paragraph is about

• to tell what is happening in a photo

• to give the reader a little extra information about the topic.

Today we are going to be reading about the exploration of the highest point of our atmosphere and the deepest part of Earth.

Here's our goal for today:

Today we will analyze text features in the story Into the Unknown: Above and Below and we will be analyzing the text features of this story. Then, we will respond to the text by writing what is the purpose of those text features.

Open Ended

Write what you know about the highest part of the Earth's atmosphere. Then, share about what you know about the deepest part of the Earth.

Now log on to HMH and find the story "Into the Unknown"