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Text formatting can add a lot of richness to how information is explained. In this lesson students will explore the organization of nonfiction texts and go on a scavenger hunt for different kinds of text formatting features. 

Formatting Nonfiction Text

Develop your students’ critical eye with this nonfiction text features checklist! This resource can be used with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Nonfiction Text Features Checklist

Help students appreciate the information they can get from text features!

Earthquakes: Text Features

Turn text messages full of abbreviated language and lacking punctuation into proper English.

Text Message Language

Help students match information about text features together in this review worksheet!

Text Features Sort

This activity will have your students reading short paragraphs to identify prepositional phrases, and then using this knowledge to answer questions about the text.

Part 2: Prepositional Phrases in Nonfiction Text

From labeled pictures to glossaries, there are lots of different nonfiction text features for students to learn about. In this lesson, students hunt for text features while learning how they provide meaning and present information. 

Text Feature Detective

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Adjectives in Informational Texts.

Vocabulary Cards: Adjectives in Informational Texts

Kindergarten students will become text feature detectives as they hunt for the different text features found in nonfiction books in this fun reading lesson.

Are You a Text Detective?

Practice finding and identifying text features with your second grader using this helpful checklist.

Exploring Text Features

This sample nonfiction text about basketball helps students to explore author's point of view.

Basketball: Nonfiction Text

In this worksheet, readers learn about the fascinating kangaroo, then use both the text and text features to answer questions.

Using Text Features in Nonfiction

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

Comparing Two Nonfiction Texts

Use this lesson to help your ELs use information from text features to better understand the text. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson for the Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense lesson.

Using Text Features for Comprehension

Informational Text Quiz

Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.

Starfish Text Features

As your students hunt for various text features, they’ll learn that these features provide important information about the text they’re reading!

Search for Nonfiction Text Features

Learners will practice using nonfiction text features to support their understanding of a short text about the Winter Olympics.

Nonfiction Text Features: Winter Olympics

Use this high-interest text about sports to explore what point the author is trying to make.

Tennis: Nonfiction Text

Use this worksheet to identify different text features through a fun matching activity.

Find the Text Feature

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Text Dependent Questions for Independent Reading

Use this lesson to help your ELs understand how to write effective nonfiction text summaries. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the Create a Non-fiction Text Summary lesson plan.

Summarize a Nonfiction Text

Use this blank chart to capture student thinking as you explore different text features found in nonfiction books.

Text Features Chart

This fun combination of scavenger hunt and bingo is sure to please young learners. Not only will your students increase their knowledge of text features, they'll also enjoy a selection of engaging games.

Searching for Text Features

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Text Features Evaluation.

Glossary: Text Features Evaluation

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Exploring Fictional Text.

Glossary: Exploring Fictional Text

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Text Connections.

Glossary: Making Text Connections

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Understand Text Features.

Glossary: Understand Text Features

Practice identifying text features with your kindergarten students using this helpful and informative matching worksheet.

This resource helps ELs incorporate their own thoughts and text connections into a thinking paragraph.

Part 2: Using Your Text Connections in a Thinking Paragraph

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