Text+Features

Teach the text features in non-fiction text so that they can know what to pay close attention to when reading nonfiction text. All of the captions, quotes, pictures, etc. are extremely important in nonfiction text. When the students read the nonfiction books on the content of the Turn of the Century, they will need to have strategies for paying close attention to the text features in the books to help them get all of the important details. [] [] (Article about text features within non-fiction test) [] (example of a Text Feature board in a classroom)
 * Text Features**

Steps to Making a Text Feature Board

 * 1) Brainstorm a list of text features.
 * 2) Cover as much of a wall as you can spare with bulletin board paper.
 * 3) Ask your students how much space should be dedicated to each text feature (usually pictures and captions take up the most space and italicized words take up very little.)
 * 4) Draw dividing lines and label each box with the name of a feature.
 * 5) Provide stacks of kid-friendly magazines, newspapers, and other resources for students to cut out.
 * 6) Have students cut out text features and mount them on the correct spot on the mural.