Non-fiction text features are how an author organises information to highlight the important content. Teachers know that not all students naturally recognise these features - Children need to be taught how to use them to improve their comprehension of expository text.

This resource, emailed to you as a .pdf file, contains 16 A4 Posters that describe a number of Features that regularly occur in Non Fiction texts.

They include

• Organisational Features
  • Contents * Glossary * Index
• Print Features
  • Headings and Sub Headings
  • Text - FONT size colour italic bold underline highlight
  • Labels * Captions * Bullet Points
• Graphic Features
  • Diagram * Illustration * Map * Photograph
  • Table * Chart * Graph * Timeline

Also included in the resource is a matching Heading for these features so students can go on a ‘hunt’ for examples in newspapers, magazines and brochures.

The examples can be displayed under the appropriate heading over time, as the text features are introduced, making a great wall display.

A great addition to this resource is the selection of live links to YouTube videos, suitable for a range of age levels, that can either be used to introduce the unit or as reinforcement activities. (One of the great benefits of a digital resource!)

Understanding text features is the KEY to comprehending expository text.

PLEASE NOTE: The purchase of this resource entitles an individual teacher or parent to reproduce the pages for use in their classroom or home.

The sale is on the condition, that there will be no reproduction of, or access to, the resources, by a teaching team or wider school community through an intranet or school website,and the resource will not be forwarded electronically to other people.

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