Text+Features

__What are text features?__ Text features are parts of your textbook that have been created to help you locate and learn information.** Text features ** include the design and organization of pages in your textbook. The title page and table of contents are ** text features ** you can find at the beginning of books. Headings, graphics, main idea boxes, and bolded words are some of the ** text features ** you will find in the middle of your book. Reference pages like glossaries, indexes, and atlases are some ** text features ** you might find at the end of your book. __Some examples are:__ Glossary Bolded or highlighted words Graphics Table of Contents Index

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Below is a link to the Scholastic webpage, which has a great lesson for teaching text features. It includes graphic organizers for using text features to make predictions. []

Below is a website for teaching students about text features by using examples from textbooks: []