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Understanding Informational Text Features

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Everything you need to know about informational text features can be found in this resource. Recognizing these types of text features and how they are used in text allows readers to better understand information. Teachers can use this as background knowledge or as a teaching tool to help facilitate instruction. Middle schoolers will put their understanding of each topic in a series of skill checks pertaining to elements of nonfiction text.

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CCSS: Designed
Concepts
informational texts, compare and contrast, nonfiction, nonfiction text features, text features, sequences, main ideas, supporting details, nonfiction texts, text structure, charts, headings, the table of contents, glossary, index, illustrations, organizing information
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Additional Tags
english language arts
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Instructional Ideas
  • Project this information to your class to help facilitate instruction
Pros
  • Establishes a foundation for understanding organizational text structures including, cause and effect, comparing and contrasting, and sequential ordering
  • Answer keys included
Cons
  • None