

Text Features Lessons
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English
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8th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Easy
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Standards-aligned
Estefania Martinez Rodriguez
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5 Slides • 10 Questions
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Analyzing
Graphic
Text Features
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Objective:
Students will use comprehension skills and make
inferences to analyze how words, images and graphics work together in various forms to impact meaning.
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Draw
Draw or type 2 text features that assist you while reading nonfiction texts
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Why are graphics and media used?
● Provide additional information
● Set mood or tone
● Persuade the audience
● Understand procedural text
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Open Ended
Example: What emotion is the photograph intended to evoke?
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Independent Practice:
Click the link to use the graphic text features to understand the article
Big Talkers.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12QbQrZcLJsb7-JSYZYaEY_sLN_WTvTid/view
You may need to rotate certain pages to view in landscape orientation.
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Open Ended
QUESTION 1
After reading Big Talkers, what other images would you add to this
selection?
Use a complete sentence
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Multiple Choice
QUESTION 2
Why does the author include the text box on page 7?
To provide readers with more information on why elephants are being hunted
To provide readers with helpful vocabulary words while they read
To provide readers with insight on why elephants act the way they do
To provide readers with a visual representation on elephants
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Multiple Choice
QUESTION 3
How many muscles do elephants generally have in their trunks?
40,000
60,000
50,000
20,000
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Multiple Choice
QUESTION 4
What body of water is closest to the majority of the elephants?
The pacific ocean
The gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
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Open Ended
QUESTION 5
Instead of Second Language, what is an alternate subheading for paragraphs 5 through 7?
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Multiple Choice
QUESTION 6
Go back on Big Talkers and look at the map
In what land regions do most African elephants live?
LOOK AT THE KEY for your answer!
Rainforest
Grassland
Wetland
Desert
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Open Ended
QUESTION 7
What is the “gist” of this article?
20 words or less
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Open Ended
QUESTION 8
Using RACES:
What is one fact you found most interesting in
the text?
R+A- One fact I found most interesting was_______
C- In the text, it said __________
E- This made it most interesting for me because ______
In summary, the most interesting fact for me was __________
Analyzing
Graphic
Text Features
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