NONFICTION

TEXT
FEATURES

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 GALLERY WALK:
What text features do you see?
1. Heading 2. Map

3. Chart/Graph 4. Pictures/Caption

5. Bold words
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MAP BOLD WORD PICTURE AND

HEADING
CHART/GRAPH CAPTION
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● Tells the reader
● Bigger than the
HEADING the main idea of a
rest of the text
section

● Shows where
MAP important places ● Usually has a key
are

● Examples: pie
chart, bar graph
CHART/GRAPH ● Shows data

● Makes an important ● Tells the reader

BOLD WORD word stand out in a which words are in
paragraph the glossary
● Explains why a ● Helps the reader
PICTURE AND picture is included imagine what the
with the text
CAPTION text is describing
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What text feature do you see?
Bold words

After reading only the heading, what can you infer this
text is about?
Holidays.

How do headings help the reader understand the text?

Lets them know what the text is about
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What text feature do you see?
pictures

Why did the author choose to make these words bold?

Because they are important words in the text.

Based on the text, what can you infer the meaning of

“immigrants” is?
People that come from a different country or
state
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What text feature do you see?
Chart/Graph

Why did the author include this picture?

To help the reader know what the author is
describing in the text box.

How does reading the caption help you understand this

picture?
Helping me imagine how many people are in
mexico city.
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Using your own words, describe Mexico City based on
the picture and caption.
Very large and crowded.lots of tall buildings like
sky scrapers.

Why is it always important to read captions?

To help understand why they included a picture
chart or graph.
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Find Belize on the map. Put the red circle around it. Find the Gulf of Mexico on the map. Put the yellow star on it.
Find Mexico City on the map. Put the orange triangle around it.
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What text feature do you see?
Map

Why did the author include this map?

To show the place or location that the author
was talking about.

How does this map help you understand the text?

It helps me have a better perspective of what it
would look like.
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What text feature do you see?
Chart

According to the chart, what percentage of people in

Mexico work in farming?
13.7%

How does this chart help you better understand the

text?
It helps me know how many people do which job.
 REFLECTION
Use what you’ve learned to answer the questions in full sentences.
Why do authors include text features? Why is is important to look at all the text features while
reading?
To help us understand and visualize the text
better. It also can tell us extra facts about the So you can understand and get a little
text which will inspire us to research it. perspective of what the text will be about.

How will your knowledge of text features help you while

researching for your country project?
It will help us by making everything more
organized and we will be more focused on the
text without trying to fix everything. It will also
help the reader understand the text more