Text Features

Wednesday and Thursday LESSON PLAN

Name: Elianahis Flores Date: 11/15 - 11/16

Standards: Material Needed:

E08.B-K.1.1 Demonstrate understanding of
Jack Hartmann Video
key ideas and details in informational texts. Link
Front board/marker/eraser
Learning Objective: Anchor chart paper
Students will be able to understand the Interactive read
purpose of different text features and how Highlighters and pencils
they contribute to comprehending Matching worksheet
informational texts.

Structure/Activity:
Ask the class if they remember any text features from yesterday. If so,
have them name the text feature and write it on the board
Play the video about nonfiction text features (this will be played every
day until the end of the unit)
Reference the anchor chart and remind students of the clear definitions
for each. Discuss the purpose of these text features. Today, we will be
learning about caption and illustration/photograph.
Do an interactive read and have students highlight text features that we
come across. Stop periodically to ensure that the students are locating
the text features.
Then complete the activity that goes along with the assigned text
features.
I will pass out a worksheet where the students have to write the correct
word in the box that matches what is being shown. Once the students
complete the assignment, they will place their papers in their “file”.
 Text Features
Date: 11/15 - 11/16

Accommodations (whole class):

Repeat questions
Read the passages aloud and the questions
Chunking large portions into smaller ones

Assessment:
The paper they complete after the lesson will serve as the
assessment, and I will collect the papers and check for
comprehension. Also, I will collect the papers from their bin and grade
them on correctness.
 Text Features
Label each text feature using the word bank.

table of contents diagram caption

map illustration glossary

Introduction 1

What Dolphins Look Like 2

What Dolphins Eat 3

What Dolphins Do 4

head What an animal

Diet-
eats for food
eye
Where an
Habitat- animal lives.
tentacle

The crab is on the beach. Animals that eat

Predator-
sucker other animals.
 Text Features
Label each text feature using the word bank.

bold word chart label

graph heading facet

What is your favorite

Life in the Ocean ocean animal?
Many animals and plants live
in the ocean. Some animals
Turtle 5
that live in the ocean are
Dolphin 9 Some fish migrate
dolphins, turtles, fish, and
whales.
thousands of miles.
Fish 3

Turtle Fish Dolphin

12
Whale
coral
Dolphins sleep
10
without drowning by
8
putting half of their
6
brains to sleep while
4
keeping the other
2

0
half awake.
Text Features
Label each text feature using the word bank.

title italicized word index

After breaking from All About Dolphin- 13, 17, 25

their shells, the Turtles
Fish- 9, 12, 18
hatchlings may take
3 to 7 days to dig Octopus- 7, 13, 17, 20
their way to the
Turtle- 5, 12, 18
surface.