Text Features – all the stuff around the text that help you understand the text.
Titles Subtitles Pictures Photographs Captions Maps and map keys Graphs and charts Side bars Headlines / Bylines / Datelines Fonts
Research
Finding information about a certain topic. Research can include, reading books, magazines, newspapers, internet searches, conducting interviews…
Pictures and Photographs
Drawings and Photos within an article to accentuate what is being said in the article.
Maps and Map Keys
Drawings of places, roads, and directions. A list of symbols that help you
understand the information on the map such as distance…
Headlines, Bylines, and Datelines
Headlines – A short, attention-getting title in a newspaper.
Byline – the name of the reporter who wrote the article.
Dateline – Where the article takes place Folio – Each page in a newspaper.
Main Idea and Supporting Details
Main idea – the central or most important idea in writing.
Supporting details – Details which help support the main idea in writing.
Subtitles / Subheadings
The titles that divide up the smaller sections within an article – Large type words that introduce sections of a work.
Primary and Secondary Sources Primary Sources – First hand witness or
source (diaries, letters, record books, audio tapes of speeches…)
Secondary Sources – a second-hand witness / hear-say. (biography, newspaper articles, …)
Formats of Writing
Chronological Order – Time order – in order of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, …
Cause and Effect – One event causes a second event to take place.
Problem and Solution - a problem is presented and then the solution to that problem is presented.
Comparison / Contrast – Tell how things are similar and different.
Trading Card Talk
1. In what magazine does this article appear?
2. Does this article have a subtitle? If so, what is it?
3. Does the article change font at any time? Explain.
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4. Explain a side bar in this article.
5. List the subheadings in this article and tell why they exist.
6. Describe on photograph or picture in this article.
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7. Are there any maps, graphs, or charts in this article? Explain.
8. List one of the captions in this article.
9. What is a headline? 10. What is a byline? 11. What is a dateline?
Peers Talk It Outpages 340-342
1. What kind of article is this?
2. Summarize paragraphs 1 – 3.
3. What is the byline?
4. List the caption in this article.
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5. In what newspaper does this article appear?
6. Are there subheadings or subtitles in this article?
7. What is the main idea of this article?