Text Features
Text Organization
Root Words
Prefix
Suffix
100
This explains what a Photograph or Illustration is about.
What is a caption
100
This type of organized text describes a result and how it happened. It uses words like "because", "since", "as a result of".
What is cause & effect?
100
The root word of unforgetable.
What is the word forget?
100
The prefix in the word "unfriendly"
What is "un"
100
The suffix in the word happily.
What is "ly"?
200
Earthquake Terror, Paul Bunyan, Diary of a Wimpy Kid these are examples of what type of text feature?
What is a title?
200
Tells what order to do something or the order things happen or took place.
What is sequence of events or sequencing?
200
Means "full of beauty"
What is beautiful?
200
The prefix in the word "bicycle". Why does a bicycle have its name?
What is "bi"?
200
The suffix that means most.
What is the suffix "est"
300
Breaks the passage up and tells me what the text below will be about.
What is a Heading?
300
Example. The sun is the reason the watercycle begins. Warmth from the sun heats water on the ground and causes it to evaporate. If the sun did not provide the necessary heat, the water vapors would never begin to rise. No other natural source begins the water cycle.
What is main idea and supporting details?
300
Means without hope. Its root word is?
What is hopeless? What is hope?
300
The word that means a "three-wheeled" bike. Use it in a sentence.
What is tricycle.
300
The suffix that means "foot". A stand with three "feet" would be called what if we added this prefix to it?
What is the suffix pod. What is the suffix "tri"?
400
Seperates the words throughout the text with a darker font. Lets us know these are important words.
What is bold print?
400
Example: Martin Luther King and Barack Obama are alike in many ways. They are both African American men who are considered leaders and have fought for civil rights in the United States. However, they did not both have the same profession. One was a minister, the other an attorney before becoming President of the United States of America.
What is compare & contrast?
400
In Greek, this word means small. Can you think of a word that includes this root?
What is micro.
400
A word that means below level.
What is sublevel
400
Some that is capable of being shaken would be what word?
What is shakeable?
500
Tells the sequence of events.
What is a time line?
500
Example: In 1908 the first black sorority was created in America (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority). Then five years later, some of the original members broke away and formed a second sorority, (Delta Sigma Theta). Later a third sorority came along by the name of Zeta Phi Beta.
What is sequence of events (sequencing)
500
In greek this word means from a distance. Can you think of a word that uses this root? Why does your word include this root?
What is tele?
500
The word for too much heat. Put it in a sentence.
What is the word overheat.
500
Your word that includes the suffix "ly" and is used in a sentence.
What is your correct word using a suffix and included in a sentence.