Learn Zillion: Use Text Features to Understand and Interpret Biography

Identifying nonfiction text features is a skill students can take to any subject. A packet of posters demonstrate different text features that learners would encounter in a textbook or informational article, encouraging pupils to think...

What kind of text features help children build a strong vocabulary? Class members use text features such as headers to unpack new vocabulary words. They create vocabulary journals in which they will write what they think the definition...

In this lesson, you will learn how to understand an author's purpose by thinking about why the author chose a particular text structure. [2:32]

In this lesson, you will learn to find evidence for your answers by using text features and clue words. [5:08]

Elementary schoolers examine the components of reading nonfiction. They use think-alouds to help them complete reading the selected sections. They also identify text features as they read.

Investigate a "table of contents" with your students! They read the table of contents in Deserts by Darlene R. Stille and predict where the answers to specific questions might be found. Learners complete a worksheet in which they find...

In this lesson, you will learn how to organize information by using text structure clues. [3:13]

Make learning the parts of a book fun by having pupils construct their own glossary entries, table of contents, and title page. Beginning with a review of text features and a hunt for examples, kids use previously written fables to...

This video explains how to find the central idea and identify text features in print or digital nonfiction text. It uses several engaging articles as examples including one about a machine that splits Oreo cookies. [7:42]

How do novels differ from plays? Explore with your class the text features of fiction and drama by reading The Hidden One: Native American Legend and then performing a reader’s theater script based on the story. Class members create a...