Lesson Plan
Find the Text Feature
Get your students excited about expository text through this fun introduction to text features! Students will create their own glossary of nonfiction text features.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify nonfiction text features.
Introduction
(8 minutes)- Gather students together on the rug as if you are reading aloud to them.
- Review the differences between fiction and nonfiction texts with the students in a brief conversation. Examples might include: Fiction is imaginary and nonfiction is about something real, you learn facts from nonfiction, etc.
- Ask them if they know what a picture walk is. Have a brief discussion about what a picture walk is and why you might do one before reading a book. Answers might include: learn what the book is about, predict what will happen or what they will learn, ask questions that include the who/what/where of the book.
- Explain that you will be taking a “text feature walk” using a nonfiction text to learn about some special things authors use in nonfiction texts to teach their readers about the topic.