A template book looking at different non fiction text features such as Index pages, table of contents, glossary, tables, headers and lots more. 

Nonfiction Text Feature Scavenger Hunt

When words are darkened to show that they are important. Sometimes words are in bold to indicate they are also located in the glossary.

Glossary Tells definitions of words found in text.

Nonfiction Text Features

Question: Which text feature do you think is the most helpful? Explain why.

Directions: Watch the rap video.

Non Fiction Rap

A picture of what something looks like.

The title page shares the book's title, author, illustrator, and publisher.

Gives the appearance that a word is slanted and used to show that the word is important.

Tells readers where information on topics may be found in the book. The index is often at the end of the book.

Tells the names of what is being shown on certain parts of an illustration or photograph.

Gives interesting extra facts about a topic alongside the image or text.

Explains information or shows how something works or looks.

Nonfiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt

Displays historical events in the order in which they happened.

Facts displayed in a visual way using columns and rows.

Objective: Students will learn about text features in nonfiction texts and discuss how they may help you as a reader.

Before We Begin How many nonfiction text features can you name? Type or record your response below.

Nonfiction Text Features!

Respond: Did you learn about any new text features? Explain. Type or record your response.

You are about to go on a fabulous scavenger hunt! But before we begin, you must learn about text features. Activity 1: What do you know about text features? Activity 2: Text Feature video Activity 3: Text Feature Powtoon Activity 4: Text Features Rap Activity 5: Text Features Scavenger Hunt

The title Identifies the topic of the text and tells what the text will be about.

A drawings showing what something looks like.

Directions: Use nonfiction books to locate the text features and explain how the feature is helpful to win the hunt!

Displays a list of sources to prove where the author got their information.

Explains what the section or paragraph will be about.

Data displayed in a visual way such as a pie graph or bar graph.

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