ALEX Learning Activity

  

Information Text Features Part 3

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  This learning activity provided by:  
Author: Pamela Otto
System:Houston County
School:Ashford Elementary School
  General Activity Information  
Activity ID: 2858
Title:
Information Text Features Part 3
Digital Tool/Resource:
Text Feature Assignment Slideshow
Web Address – URL:
Overview:

The teacher will use this Google Slides presentation to review each of the text features. Afterward, the students will read an article and identify and label specific text features. For the final assignment, the student will use all that they learned to answer text feature questions about the article they read. 

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
  Associated Standards and Objectives  
Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 3
23. Identify and use text features in informational passages to locate information.

Examples: headings, photographs, illustrations, labels, charts, graphs, legends

a. Explain how text features support details in the text.

b. Explain how illustrations contribute to meaning in a story.

c. Interpret text features used in written and digital formats.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
23.
  • Text features
  • Locate
  • Informational passage
  • Identify
23a.
  • Explain
  • Text features
  • Supporting details
  • Text
23b.
  • Explain
  • Illustrations
  • Contribute
  • Meaning in a story
23c.
  • Interpret
  • Text features
  • Written formats
  • Digital formats
Knowledge:
23. Students know:
  • Informational passages often include text features that can be used to locate information within the text.
23a.
  • Text features can provide additional or clarifying information about details in a text.
23b.
  • Illustrations included with a story can contribute to the story's meaning.
23c.
  • Text features can be used in printed (written) and digital text.
Skills:
23. Students are able to:
  • Identify text features in informational passages, such as headings, photographs, illustrations, labels, charts, graphs, legends.
  • Use text features to locate information within an informational passage.
23a.
  • Identify text features and explain how the text features supports details in a text.
23b.
  • Identify an illustration and explain how it contributes to the meaning of the story.
23c.
  • Interpret text features presented in a digital format.
  • Interpret text features presented in a written format.
Understanding:
23. Students understand that:
  • Informational passages have predictable features that can be used to locate important information within the text.
  • Text features that are often used in informational text include headings, photographs, illustrations, labels, charts, graphs, and legends.
  • Using text features helps support their overall comprehension.
23a.
  • An author chooses to include text features to provide additional information, clarify information, or enhance ideas with in a text.
  • Using text features supports their comprehension of details in a text.
23b.
  • Authors and illustrators choose to include illustrations to enhance the meaning of the story provided in the text.
23c.
  • Text features are often included in written (printed) text and digital text.
  • In either format, text features can be used to locate information or enhance overall comprehension.
Learning Objectives:

Students will identify and interpret text features and explain how illustrations contribute to the meaning of the text. 
  Strategies, Preparations and Variations  
Phase:
After/Explain/Elaborate
Activity:

  1. The teacher will open the Text Features Assignment Google Slideshow.

  2. The teacher will then review the text features with the students discussing each one before their final activity.  

  3. The teacher will let the students know that they will be reading the article 'Wild, Wild Weather."

  4. After passing out the article the students will partner up to read and identify text features and illustrations by labeling them on the article.

  5. After the students read and label the article they will answer the questions on the back of the article. 
Assessment Strategies:

The teacher will look through each student's articles and answers to verify if the students properly identified and interpreted the text features. 
Advanced Preparation:
Variation Tips (optional):
 
Notes or Recommendations (optional):

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  Keywords and Search Tags  
Keywords and Search Tags: informational, nonfiction, text features