1. An ABC Book of Indian Education for All Text Features

2. Compiled by the Northwest Montana Educational Cooperative to aid in teaching the Montana Common Core Standards (MCCS) and Indian Education for All (IEFA).

3. Author Notes- A is for A note to readers about making the book.
Author’s Note from Joseph Bruchac in Turtle’s Race with Beaver

4. B is for
Bold Print-
words with thick heavy lines.
Bold
Not Bold

5. Captions- C is for Information that is near a photograph or
illustration that it tells.
Caption from As Long as the River Flows by Larry Loyie.

6. D is for
Diagrams-
is a drawing of something to show its parts. Labels are often added to the diagram.
Image from Google.

7. Endpages- E is for additional information that supports the book.
Pages from the back of Jim Thorpe’s Bright New Path, includes a timeline of Jim Thorpe’s life.

8. F is for
Fonts-
The way the typing looks. You will find words in bold and color print in books.
Traditional Literature poster is a genre poster from Beth Newingham’s classroom website. The Story of Grizzly Bear Looking Up has been added for a MT traditional piece of literature from the Flathead Reservation.

9. Glossary- G is for An alphabetized list of special words in a
book and their
meanings.
Glossary pulled from the back of Jingle Dancer.

10. Headings- H is for The title, subtitle, or topic that
stands at the top or beginning,
as of a paragraph, letter,
or chapter.
Taken from the Native American Literature Series.

11. Index- I is for An alphabetized list of key information including
page numbers. This can
be found at the end of a book.
Taken from the Native American Literature Series.

12. J is for
Just say it!
A pronunciation guide is when the writer spells out the words phonetically, often in parentheses. This helps us say the word correctly.
SIQUON (SEE’ KON) “Spring”
This word is from When the Shadbush Blooms. It is from the Lenni Lenape Culture.

13. K is for Map Key- Helps the reader know how to interpret
information on a map.
Map taken from the novel Two Old Women.

14. Labels- L is for Helps the reader identify parts of a diagram.
Image from Google.

15. Map- Helps the reader understand where things are in the world.
M is for
Map- Helps the reader understand where things are in the world.

16. Noticeable Text Features
N is for
Noticeable Text Features
Helps readers better understand what they are reading about.
Gives us extra information.
Text features can be found in textbooks, magazine articles, reports, web pages, and other forms of text.

17. ClOse Up- Helps the reader see details in something small.
O is for
ClOse Up- Helps the reader see details in something small.
Images from Google.

18. Photographs-Helps the reader better understand by showing a picture.
P is for
Photographs-Helps the reader better understand by showing a picture.
Images from Google.
A Par Fleche
Carlisle Boarding School

19. Q is for
Question Format-Questions the author includes in the text for us to think about.
Taken from Code Talkers.

20. Reference pages- R is for Helps the reader understand information
in the book.
Taken from Brave Wolf and the Thunderbird.

21. Sidebars- S is for Boxes of information to the side of the
main text/column.
Taken from Away from Home: American Indian Boarding School Experiences

22. Table of T is for Contents- Helps the reader identify
key topics in the book in the
order they are presented.
Take from The Dance House.

23. U is for
Underline-Helps the reader understand that the words are a part of a website link.
Underlining can also denote words of importance or in some cases titles of books.
Link to The Rez We Live On by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.

24. V is for
Verso Pages-In page layout, the verso pages are the even-numbered pages on the left side of a two-page spread.
Unknown original source.

25. W is for
DraWings-Helps the reader understand what something could have looked liked.
Bitterroot drawing from Gift of the Bitterroot.

26. X is for AppendiX-Additional information located at the end of a book.
From American Indian Contributions to the World: Years of Inventions and Innovations.

27. Y is for
CutawaY-Helps the reader understand something by looking at it from the inside.
Image from Google.

28. Z is for
ItaliciZed Words-Helps the reader understand that the words that are italicized are important.
From Sweetgrass Basket.

29. Special Thanks…..
PowerPoint modified from original unknown source featuring text features.
Northwest Montana Educational Cooperative Indian Education for All Committee
Images from cited books (in the presentation notes).
Google Images
OPI’s Indian Education for All Division