What do you know?. A) Harry Potter series B) Newspaper C) The Box Car children series.

What do you know?

A) Harry Potter series B) Newspaper C) The Box Car children series

A) Something that stands out and helps you understand the text

B) The first page of a non-fiction book

C) The color of a non-fiction book

A) West Middle School B) West Middle School C) West Middle School

A) At the beginning of a book B) At the end of a book C) At the bottom of each page

A) An index B) A word in the book C) A person that helps write the book

A) A table B) A diagram C) A graph

Make the pages look different than fiction books

Help you understand the text Give you visuals of the information in

the text Show you ways to compare

information in the text Create new understandings Provide additional information

TITLE OR HEADING SUBTITLE OR SUBHEADING

Shows the main idea in short form

Shows a major idea within a title or subheading. You always have more than one

TABLE OF CONTENT GLOSSARY

Shows the page and section where you can find the important points of the book. It shows titles and subtitles.

Page iii, iv

On the back of the book, it shows the definition of key words in the text.

Page 713

INDEX INFORMATION BOX

On the back of the book, it shows where you can find certain words or topics in the book.

Example on page 727

Small box found within the body of the text, it tells important information related to the text.

Did you know… Interesting facts

Example pg 429, 366

BOLD/ITALICS/HIGHLIGHTED MAPS

Vocabulary words that stand out and are important to the text.

Bold Highlighted Italics Underlined

Show the important location and places mentioned in the text.

LABELS TABLES/CHARTS

Tells you the name of the part shown in a picture, diagram, or photograph.

Show information related to the text in an organized way.

Example on page 132, 307, 646Ocean

DIAGRAMS/GRAPHS CLOSE UP

Show information in the text in a different layout so you can compare or trace. Page 367, 347

Show a small part in a larger view.

Example pages 106 and 143

PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHS

Visuals of the information in the text. Illustrations that are not photos.

Visuals of the information in the text, photos taken that show real images.

CAPTION PARENTHESIS

Gives information about a picture or photograph.

After a word, give more information about the word. For example, how to pronounce, sound out, separate into syllables, definition, etc.)

Onomatopoeias (words that sound like their meaning) are playfully used in the poem.

School bus rules are very important to follow.

In your Science book, Chapter 9 Use your “Scavenger Hunt” sheet to

find nonfiction text features. There could be 16 different features.

When finished, pick the feature that helped you understand the text the most and convince a peer that you picked the best feature.

Jobs Time Keepers: Make sure your group is

using time wisely. Create pictures to help the reader visualize text.

Readers: Read aloud text, discuss main points.

Recorders: Write the Table of Contents. Discussion Managers: Make sure your

group is on task and focused. Also help illustrate the content.

Each square is a page

Write a short phrase for each paragraph

Unit title Titles Multiple subtitles Create a border that

reflects the topic

Main topics: Native Americans Hispanic Americans Asian Americans African Americans