Reading Informational Text

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Reading Informational Text
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Nonfiction Text

• Looks different from fiction text such as a novel
  or picture book
• How?

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How?

• May be chapter titles and section headers or
  sub-titles that preview information.
• Pages have words in a variety of fonts and font
  sizes.
• Bold or italic fonts may be used to signal
  important words or phrases.
• Marks may be used to show how to pronounce words.
  
• It may be different but it is also fun to read

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Graphic Aids Are Used

• Maps, charts, diagrams, photographs may be
  included to illustrate or summarize information.
• Captions or labels must be examined carefully for
  relevant information.

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Vocabulary is Different

• There may be more words that are unfamiliar
• Words may be longer more syllables

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When You Read Nonfiction

• You learn information
• It is often called informational text
• Science and Social Studies texts are an example
• There is a great deal of information to be
  understood and remembered

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What Can Help You?

• Special features are used within the text to help
  you locate, understand and remember information
  that you have read
• These are called text features

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Text Features

• Each text feature is a tool which helps you do
  your work
• But first you have to learn about them and how
  they work

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Text Features

• Text Organizers - index, preface, table of
  contents, glossary, appendix
• Titles, headings, sub-headings, bullets, labels

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More Text Features

• Fonts and Effects size, italics, bold, colour
• Illustrations, Photographs and Captions
• Graphics maps, charts, graphs

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Lets See Some Text Features
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