1. Nonfiction Text Features Day 1
THIEVES
Nonfiction Text Features
Day 1
© H. Limp 2014

2. Lesson Preview Objective: I can define THIEVES.
I can identify different nonfiction text features.
2.RN.3.1: Use Various text features (e.g., table of contents, index, headings, captions) to locate key facts or information and explain how they contribute to and clarify a text.
I Do: Define THIEVES. Model Identifying nonfiction text features.
We Do: Practice identifying nonfiction text features.
You Do: Define THIEVES.

3. Introduction What is nonfiction?
Let’s make a list of things we know about nonfiction text.
Think:
What are some examples of nonfiction text?
What are some things we find in nonfiction text?

4. THIEVES
THIEVES is a pre-reading strategy used when reading a nonfiction text.
When using THIEVES you are “stealing” information from the text before you read to help you better understand what you are reading.

5. THIEVES
THIEVES is an acronym for different nonfiction text features found in nonfiction text. We examine these nonfiction text features before we read to “steal” information.

6. Title What does the title of this book tell you?
Titles tell the reader the topic of the text.
Titles show the main idea of the text.
Titles help the reader by letting them know about what they are getting ready to read.
Titles focus the readers on a topic so they can make connections between what they already know and the text.
What does the title of this book tell you?

7. Headings Headings divide, or separate, the text into sections.
Headings tell the main idea of each section of the text.
Headings are printed in large or bold type to make them stand out.
Headings help the readers to locate information in the text by telling them where to look.

8. Italicized Words
The style and color of the text sends the reader signals about how to read the content.
Text in italics are used in picture captions, book and movie titles, and many other elements that need to stand out.
Text in italics draw the readers attention to important information.

9. Every Bold Word
The style and color of the text sends the reader signals about how to read the content.
Key words to notice are in bold.
Text in bold print draw the readers attention to important information.
Words in bold print are important and are can often be found in the glossary.

10. Visual Features Illustrations Photographs
An illustration is a hand-drawn picture that helps the reader visualize the text.
Photographs
A photograph is a picture made with a camera that shows how things look in real-life.

11. Visual Features Diagram
A diagram is a drawing that shows or explains something.
To understand a diagram the reader should read all of the parts of the diagram.
How does this diagram help you understand clouds?

12. Visual Features Fact Box
A fact box gives more information than is in the text about a topic.
A Textbox can include interesting facts or important information the author wants you to know.
What extra information does this fact box give you?

13. Visual Features Graphs Tables
A graph shows information in a visual way
Examples:
Bar Graph
Circle Graph
Pictograph
Line Graph
Tables
Tables and charts organize large amounts of information in a small space.
Tables and charts are often used to compare information.

14. Visual Features
Maps
A map is a picture or drawing that shows the location of things and places.

15. Every Caption and Label
A caption is the words next to or underneath a picture that explain what it is or what it is about.
Labels are words that give information about a picture.

16. Sources of Information: Table of Contents
A table of contents gives the heading and beginning page number of each section in a book.
A table of contents outlines the main topics or main points of the text.
Where would you find information about how fossils form?

17. Sources of Information: Index
An index is an alphabetical listing of the key names, terms, events, and topics with page numbers.
Readers use the index to help find pages that contain information they are looking for.
Where would you find information about how insects?

18. Sources of Information: Glossary
A glossary is a list of key terms in alphabetical order.
Each key word is defined.
Sometimes a glossary also tells you how to pronounce a word.
Readers use the glossary to look up key terms to find out their meaning. This helps the reader better learn and understand the subject.
How would the glossary help the reader understand text about insects?

19. You Do…

20. Lesson Reflection What does THIEVES stand for?
Why do good readers use THIEVES?