TEXT FEATURES

Text Features 1

100

This tells the reader the topic/main idea of the passage/book.

What is a TITLE?

200

This tells the reader what the section of reading is about.

What is a HEADING?

300

It is a picture made with a camera that shows how things look in real life.

What is a PHOTOGRAPH?

400

The word honest in this sentence is an example of:

George Washington was an honest man.

What is ITALICS or SLANTED FONT?

500

It is a drawing that shows the parts of something, and the parts are labelled.

What is a DIAGRAM?

Text Features 2

100

Provides important vocabulary or key terms in the text.

What are BOLD WORDS?

200

This gives the heading and beginning page of each section of the book.

What is the TABLE OF CONTENTS?

300

This is a hand-drawn picture that helps the reader visualize the text.

What is an ILLUSTRATION?

400

I use this text feature to find a location.

What is a map?

500

Thisi alphabetically lists new or important words and tells what they mean.

What is a GLOSSARY?

Text Features 3

100

A visual representation of events in history displayed in chronological order.

What is a TIMELINE?

200

This is the slanted text that identifies new or important words.

What is ITALICS?

300

These are the words next to a picture that explain what it is or is about.

What is a CAPTION?

400

I use this text feature to find the definition of a domain-specific word.

What is a GLOSSARY?

500

This text feature gives the main idea of section.

What is a HEADING?

Text Features 4

100

This text feature is located at the back of the book. It has the page number for important topics.

What is an INDEX?

200

It is a picture that shows the location of things or places.

What is a MAP?

300

It calls attention to new and important words .

What are BOLD WORDS?

400

It shows information or data in a visual way so that it can be understood by readers.

What is a GRAPH/CHART?

500

This is color or shade behind a word or words that bring attention to the reader.

What is HIGHLIGHTED TEXT?

Comprehension - Tracking Gila Monsters

100

What is the habitat of Gila Monsters?

What is the desert?

200

What makes Gila Monsters so hard to study?

They are nocturnal and spend most of their time in burrows.

300

What does transmitted mean?

Transmitted means passed from one place to another.

400

What is an antonym of fragmented?

Whole

Unbroken

Intact 

Altogether

500

Why did the author write Tracking Monsters?  

He wrote Tracking Monsters to inform and spread awareness about Gila Monsters.