Text and Graphic features

​What does it mean to recognize characteristics and structures of informational texts?
What are characteristics?
What are structures?

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Table Talk (1min)

Whiteboard

​In 4th grade you learned about text and graphic features on your whiteboard can you name 1 text or graphic feature?

Dropdown

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features are ​

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within a text that ​ help organize and

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information to assist readers in ​

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and ​

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the content.

​Hint: Use your reader

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Table Talk
(30sec)

4mins. Text features help us better understand the texts and locate things on the page.

Multiple Choice

Small text found near a picture that gives important information about the picture.

• Caption
• Glossary
• Photograph
• Diagram

Multiple Choice

A list of chapters in a book and the page numbers where each chapter starts.

• Index
• Table of Contents
• Glossary
• Framed Text (Text Box, Insert)

Multiple Choice

Words or phrases that divide the text into smaller parts. 

• Subheading
• Heading
• Title
• Caption

Multiple Choice

What graphic feature is shown in this example?

• photograph
• table
• map
• diagram

Multiple Choice

This is an example of a ___________?

• Index
• Table of contents
• Graph
• Caption

Multiple Choice

What is this graphic feature called?

• caption
• timeline
• heading
• graph

Multiple Choice

The word compass is an example of what?

• Bold Text
• Glossary
• Heading
• Caption

Multiple Choice

This is a ________________.

• caption
• diagram
• map
• label

Multiple Choice

What is this nonfiction text feature?

• Chart
• Heading
• Sidebar

Multiple Choice

What is the graphic feature that is a small photo, picture, or map inside or next to a larger picture that has been magnified to show part of the picture?

• diagram

• inset

• timeline

• glossary