Information Text –
Text Features
SPI 0601.6.3 Use text features to locate
information and make meaning from text
(e.g., headings, key words, captions,
footnotes).
Text features
are parts of
informational
(nonfiction)
text other than
the body that
help the reader
understand the
content more
clearly.
PowerPoints
• PowerPoint Presentation
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/ttravis-57862-TextFeatures-Table-Contents-Index-Glossary-Titles-SubheadingsBold-Color-Education-ppt-powerpoint/
• http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/wkuliteracy102604-text-features-readingskills-education-ppt-powerpoint/
• Text Features PowerPoint
http://www.cgrove417.org/cghs/KASL/Handouts/Text_Featur
es.ppt
• Text Features PowerPoint
http://jc-schools.net/dynamic/LA/ppt/Text_Features.ppt
Practice with Captions
• Captions Help Tell the Story
http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm
?str=reading&num=2&act=4&que=1
Students look at three pictures and try to
determine which caption fits best.
Practice with Newspapers
• Read All About It
http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm
?str=reading&num=2&act=2&que=1
Newspapers are divided into standard sections.
Students use sections to predict where types of
stories would be found.
Practice with Headlines
• Reading Headlines
http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm
?str=reading&num=2&act=3&que=1
Students read eight headlines and try to
determine what the article is about.
Organizers
• http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/cbl/images/litfac/binfo.pdf
• Web Walk
http://www.barbbumgardner.com/Graphics/pdf_files
/WebWalk.pdf
• Inside a News Story
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/pdfs/2006F/
060901_wr2.pdf
• NONFICTION TEXT FEATURES
http://www.slc.k12.ut.us/staff/larmad/science/pages/
Reading%20Strategies/textfeatures.pdf
Sample Test Questions