NF Text Features
This page at the front of the book lists chapter titles and page numbers.
What is the Table of Contents?
Name the proper noun in this sentence: "My dog Max loves to run in the park."
What is the main idea?
The first step in research where you pick a topic and write down questions you want to answer.
What is planning (or brainstorming)?
This mini-dictionary at the back of a non-fiction book defines tricky words.
What is a Glossary?
Identify the action verb in this sentence: "The energetic kids danced across the stage."
What is danced?
Small faccts and sentences that explain, prove, or give more information about the main idea.
What are supporting details?
Books, encyclopedias, and reliable websites used to gather facts for a project.
What are sources (or Resources)?
Short sentences written under or next to a photo that explain what is in the picture.
What are captions?
Choose the pronoun that replaces "Sarah and I" in the sentence: "Sarah and I went to the library."
What is we?
Read this text:
"Dogs need fresh food and water every day. They need daily exercise like walking or playing fetch. Regular visits to the vet also keep them healthy."
State the main idea.
What is how to take care of a dog (or caring for a dog)?
Writing down key facts in your own words while reading a source.
What is note taking?
What is an Index?
Identify the adjective in this sentence: "She wore a bright yellow raincoat on the rainy day."
What is bright, yellow or rainy?
Where in a paragraph can you most often find the topic sentence that states the main idea?
What is the first sentence (or beginning)?
The step in writing where you check for spelling, punctuation, and capitalization errors.
What is editing (or proofreading)?
A drawing or illustration that shows labeled parts of an object, animal, or plant.
What is a diagram?
Fix both errors in this sentence: "where are you going after school"
What is capitalizing the W and adding a question mark at the end?
Read this detail: "Penguins have dense waterproof feathers and a thick layer of blubber." Decide which main idea it supports:
a.) Penguins are birds that fly quickly.
b.) Penguins have body adaptations to survive extreme cold.
What is B?
Copying sentences word-for-word from a website into your research report without using your own words or quotation marks.
What is plagiarism (or copying/stealing work)?