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Textbook Scavenger Hunt
Textbooks can be hard to use! They have a lot of information crammed into them and sometimes its
hard to find that information. This scavenger hunt will take you through your textbook and help you to
learn how to use the features of the textbook.
Instructions: Working quietly with a partner, explore your textbook to find everything on this list.
Students who successfully find all of the information before the end of class will receive two MR
Prides!!!
1. Using the Table of Contents, is this book organized by Chapter or Unit? How many major topics
are in the textbook?


2. Name the chapter that looks the most interesting to you.


3. On what page does the section on nonfiction chapter start?


4. On what page do the Resources start?


5. Does the textbook have a glossary? If so, on what page does it start?


6. How are the words in the glossary organized?


7. Find the definition of the word alliteration in the glossary and write it here.


8. What page does the index start on?


9. Use the index to find Wounded Wolf, The. Write the page number here.


10. List all the pages in our text where Yolen, Jane is mentioned.


11. What type of color-coding is used for major headings and subtopics?


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12. Why are some words in the text highlighted in blue? Where can you find their definitions?


13. Where can you find the complete list of skills you will learn and practice in Unit 1?


14. What is the big question for Unit 1?


15. Find one reading strategy featured in Unit 1 and write down its name and page number.


16. Use the index to find the biography of James Herriot and write down one fact about his life.


17. Where in the textbook could you find information about the difference between informational
and literary texts? Provide page numbers.

18. Where in the textbook can you find a template for writing a friendly letter?

Textbook: Wiggins, G. (2010). Prentice Hall Literature: language and literacy (Penguin, South Carolina ed.).
Upper Saddle River, N. J.: Pearson.