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Grade 4 ELA: Text Features Lesson
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Grade 4 ELA: Text Features Lesson – Introduction to The Iroquois
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| What is informational text? | Text in which the author's goal is to teach the reader something. |
| What is a text feature? | An organizational tool in informational text (like headings, captions, or glossaries) that helps readers understand the content. |
| What is the main idea (central meaning)? | The basic message the author is trying to convey. |
| What is a heading? | A text feature that labels a section of text, telling the reader what that section is about. |
| What is a glossary? | A list of important words and their definitions, usually found at the back of a book. |
| What is a caption? | A short piece of text that explains a picture or image. |
| What is an index? | An alphabetical list at the back of a book showing topics and the page numbers where they can be found. |
| What is a sidebar? | A box of extra information set apart from the main text, often to the side of a page. |
| What is a pronunciation guide? | A text feature that shows how to say a difficult or unfamiliar word. |
| Why do authors use bold or italic print? | To emphasize important words or terms in the text. |
| What does "Iroquois" mean in this unit? | The English word (from French) for the Haudenosaunee, a group of Native American nations; the term used in the book title "The Iroquois: The Six Nations Confederacy." |
| What is a Confederacy? | A group of nations or groups joined together for a common purpose, as in the Six Nations Confederacy. |
| What does "impressed" mean, as figured out in the lesson? | To really like and learn from something (figured out using the "reading on" strategy). |
| What is the "reading on" strategy? | A strategy where readers continue reading past an unfamiliar word to find clues that help explain its meaning. |
| What historical connection was made regarding Thomas Jefferson? | Thomas Jefferson used ideas from the Iroquois Confederacy as a basis for writing parts of the U.S. Constitution. |
| What is a constitution? | A written document that sets out the rules and principles for how a government or group is organized (term from Unit 1). |
| What was the purpose of browsing multiple informational texts in this lesson? | To help students generalize their knowledge of text features across different texts, not just one book. |
| What was the purpose of the Learning Using Text Features Recording Form? | To help students practice using text features while rereading to find and organize information from the text. |
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