1. Text Features

2. Table of Contents Narrative/Fiction Text 3 Characters 4 Setting 5
Plot
Non-Fiction Text 7
Table of Contents 8
Index
Photographs 10
Captions 11
Labels
Cutaways 13
Close-ups 14
Comparisons 15
Charts, Tables, & Graphs 16
Maps
Types of Print 18
Glossary 19
Standards (classroom) 20
Standards (library)

3. Narrative/Fiction Text
Purpose:
Entertainment

4. Characters
People or animals that are in the story.

5. Setting
Where the story takes place

6. Plot
Action, problem and solution

7. Non-fiction Text Purpose:
Gain information or facts about people, places, things, or events

8. Table of Contents
The Table of Contents helps the reader identify key topics in the book in the order they are presented. It is found at the beginning of the book.
Table of Contents
How to choose a puppy 2
Helping your puppy adjust to his new home
Feeding your new puppy 10
Potty training a puppy 12

9. Index
An index is an alphabetical list of almost everything covered in the text, with page numbers. It is located at the back of the book.
Christmas cultural traditions 21, 22, introduction 20 presents 30
Easter 10-15
eggs 15

10. Photographs
Photographs help the reader understand exactly what something looks like.

11. Captions
Captions help the reader better understand a picture or photograph
Bison or buffalo once roamed the Great Plains.

12. Labels
petals
Labels help the reader identify a picture or photograph and/or its part.
stem
leaf

13. Cutaways
Cutaways help the reader understand something by looking at it from the inside. (Like cutting a slice of something.)

14. Close-ups
Close-ups help the reader see details in something small.

15. Comparisons
Comparisons help the reader understand the size of one thing by comparing it to the size of something else. Comparisons may also be in the form of charts, tables, or graphs where you are comparing data.

16. Charts, Tables,and Graphs
Charts & Tables help the reader understand important information by listing it in a chart or table.
Graphs help the reader see relationships between things.
Color of M & Ms
Number of M & Ms
Red 4
Yellow 5
Blue 10
Green 3

17. Maps Maps help the reader understand where things are in the world.

18. Types of Print
Types of print help the reader by signaling, “Look at me! I’m important!” It may be bold print, italics, ALL CAPS, underlined, or larger print.
The old dresser draw screeched as the children slowly pulled it open. Inside they found and old document that gave directions to a lost gold mine.

19. Glossary
The glossary helps the reader understand key words that are in the text. It is an alphabetical listing of key words and their meaning. It is located in the back of the book. Other names: Important Words to Know.
captions cutaways
Captions – words describing what is happening in a picture or photograph
Close-ups – enlarged picture or object to show details in something small
Cutaways – picture or illustration that helps the reader understand something by looking at it from the inside. (Like cutting a slice of something)

20. Classroom Standards
Standard 1: The student reads and comprehends text across the curriculum
Benchmark 4: The student comprehends a variety of texts (narrative, expository, technical, and persuasive)
Indicators : 2 – The student understands the purpose of text features (title, graphs/charts, maps, table of contents, pictures/illustrations, captions, boldface type, italics, glossary, index, headings, and subheadings) and uses such features to locate information in and to gain meaning from appropriate-level texts
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21. Standard 1: Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge
Library Standards
Standard 1: Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge
1.1 Skills
1.1.6– Read, view, and listen for iinformation presented in any format (e.g., textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning.
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