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TEXT ORGANIZATION

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Utilize print & digital text features

Emphasize the 3 purposes
of text features.

Introduce the 3 ways text features help readers |
To better understand | To find | To teach new

Text Features tied
to Common Core Standards

Purchase 30 text-feature cards, each with a visual graphic & reader purposes.

MS/HS teachers can use this resource from Grades 4-5 to add a “Round 0.”

Read the Step 2A plan for Text Organization/Round 1 on text features.

Reveal digital text and its unique features, including the many looks of the cursor.

PPT Student Template

Walk through the features
of informational text.

Infographs communicate a lot of information visually. | Mini-posters dissecting the parts of different examples.

Apply text features BEFORE reading

Scope out and steal information about the topic.

JPEG | PNG

Emphasize the “scope out and steal” analogy of a thief by providing students with masks printed onto cardstock.

Students communicate what info they learned from a particular feature with Information T.H.I.E.V.E.S.

Readers question & predict.

Preview the text before reading.

Grades K-1
Mini-Lesson Resources

Grades 2-3
Mini-Lesson Resources

Grades 4-6
Mini-Lesson Resources

Grades 7-12
Mini-Lesson Resources

Apply text features DURING reading

Demonstrate how text features support comprehension.

Model these reader tools using the Scholastic News “The Problem with Plastics” article.

PDF of main article (8×11) | Presentation view of original article

Apply text features AFTER reading

Analyze for what new information was learned.

Evaluate text features for their added value.

Download examples from the “Problem with Plastics” article.