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SPI 0701.6.3SPI 0701.6.3Use text features to locate information Use text features to locate information and make meaning from the text. and make meaning from the text.

Based on Tennessee State Curriculum Standards from the 2009-2010 school year. Prepared by Andy Lombardo, Sevierville Middle School

Text Features• There are 4 main kinds of text

features that help you find information in your textbooks:– Headings– Keywords– Captions– Footnotes

Heading• What is a heading?• The title of a section of writing

(like a chapter, a section inside of a chapter, a newspaper or magazine article, etc.)

Find the Heading:

Keywords• Keywords are important words

from a text, usually vocabulary words or names of important people, events, or ideas.

• Keywords are usually in bold and/or underlined in textbooks.

• Find the keywords in the following example:

Find the Keywords

Captions• Captions are located under

pictures, tables, graphs, forms, and other images.

• Captions tell you what’s going on in the pictures.

• What is the caption in the following example?

Find the Caption

Footnotes• Footnotes happen when the author

wants to give you more info about something in the text.

• They’re usually used to explain things like vocabulary words or to give background information.

• Footnotes are usually marked with a small superscript number like this1

• Find the Footnote in the following example:

Why?• Why is it important to know about

text features like headings, keywords, captions, and footnotes?

• They help you find information quickly

• They help show you important information

• They’re like road signs pointing you to what you need to know.

Text Features Quiz #1 Name: __________________________________________________

Text Features SPI 0701.6.3

Use your literature book to answer the following questions:

1. p. 275: What is a tutorial program?

2. What’s the title of the painting on p. 384?

3. On p. 421, what is the name of the ship between Shakespeare and Drake?

4. What is the keyword on p. 422?

5. How many headings are on p. 236?

Use your geography book to answer the following questions:

1. What is the main heading that starts on p. 36?

2. What is the keyword on p. 53?

3. On p. 72, the family in the picture is showing us products made out of what?

4. Why is the keyword on p. 82 highlighted in yellow?

5. Why are keywords, footnotes, captions, and headings important?

Text Features Quiz #2Name: ____________________________________________________

Text Features Quiz SPI 0701.6.3

Circle and label the following items from the page below. There should be four things circled and labeled in all.

Headings Keywords Captions