GRAPHIC FEATURES OF INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Feb 23, 2016
GRAPHIC FEATURESOF
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
What can I learn from graphics?
SOMETHING TO PONDER…
What are the types of graphics you might discover in informational text?
•Tables•Diagrams•Maps•Charts•Graphs•Keys / legends (including symbols)•Pictures
What can I learn from maps?•Names of countries•Where they are located•Where Africa is located•Compare size of countries
What can I learn from diagrams?•Different parts of
the body•Location of various parts•The ankle bone is connected to the shin bone!
What can I learn from graph?•How different countries compare•Rates for individual areas of the world •How females and males compare
What can I learn from chart or table?
•The different signs for Chinese Zodiac, the names, the corresponding years•An explanation of the signs
What can I learn from keys and legends?
•All the different areas as shown on a map•The different boundaries•Types of sites
What can I learn from pictures?
•Let’s work on an activity – Typhoon Picture Activity
How do the graphic features of a text help you
understand the topic?
•Graphic features give you additional information •explanation in condensed form
What are the most effective ways to use textual
features?•Preview •Questioning•Summarizing•Reviewing
Does this sound familiar?
Ticket out the door … In your SS textbook, find the following and list what page they are on and summarize the information …
•1 graph•2 charts or tables•3 maps