Non-fiction Text Features
True or false: A non-fiction text has illustrations.
What is a verb?
True or False: An irregular past tense doesn't have an 'ed' at the end of the word.
True
What goes at the beginning of a sentence and is used for proper nouns?
Capitalized letters/Capitization
Rudolph
Which word in the sentence is bolded.
Much of the continent of Africa is a savanna.
savanna
What is the verb in the sentence?
Sally jumped on the trampoline.
Jumped
What is the irregular past tense verb in the sentence?
I went to the store to buy candy canes.
Went
What goes at the end of a sentence?
Punctuation
What is the snowman's name?
Frosty
Where in the book would you go to find what page a section or chapter starts?
The Table of Contents
What kind of verb do you see in the sentence (past/present/future)?
Todd will buy presents tomorrow.
Future
What is the irregular past tense verb in the sentence?
The fish (swimmed/swam) across the ocean.
Rewrite the sentence to make it correct.
danny wrote a letter to santa
Danny wrote a letter to Santa.
What do you hang your windows and doors?
Wreaths
What is the non-fiction text feature that is located around a photograph and describes what it is?
Caption
What kind of verb do you see in the sentence (past/present/future)?
Nick ran across the field.
What is the irregular past tense verb in the sentence?
The boys sang Christmas Carols.
Sang
Rewrite the sentence to make it correct.
do you like eating at McDonald's
Do you like eating at McDonald's?
How many days until Christmas break?
16 days
Which two non-fiction text features are located in the back of the book?
The glossary and the index.
What kind of verb do you see in the sentence (past/present/future)?
Taylor is sleeping on the floor.
What is the present tense of the irregular past tense verb: Built.
Build
Rewrite the sentence to make it correct.
my favorite holiday is christmas
My favorite holiday is Christmas.
Finish this Christmas lyric:
"We wish you a ____________________."
Merry Christmas