Text Features for Comprehension

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📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice

Learning Intention (LI): To explain how text features help readers navigate and understand informative articles.

Success Criteria: I can name at least two text features and describe how each helps my understanding.

1. Which text feature helps you find the main topic of a section quickly?

Heading

Glossary

Caption

Index

2. Which text feature usually explains what a picture shows?

Caption

Heading

Footnote

Table of contents

3. Check all that apply: Which features help you remember the key facts from an article?

Summary

Diagram

Footnote

Bullet points

4. Where would you look to find definitions of specialised words used in the article?

Glossary

Table of contents

Index

Caption

5. To locate a specific topic quickly by page number, which feature is most useful?

Index

Caption

Summary

Diagram

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers and Matching

6. Match each text feature (left) with its main purpose (right). Draw lines between matching items.

A. Heading

B. Diagram

C. Summary

D. Glossary

1. Defines technical words

2. Shows steps or parts visually

3. Reminds the reader of key points

4. Tells the topic of the section

7. Name two text features you found most helpful when reading an article. For each, explain in one sentence how it helped you.

8. Suggest one improvement an article could make to its text features to help readers (be specific).

Dyslexia-friendly options: Use texts with chunked headings, diagrams beside short paragraphs, and alternative presentation formats (e.g. storyboard) when preparing your explanation.

9. Extension (for advanced learners): Plan a 2-minute mini-teach. Which text feature will you teach about and what two examples or activities will you include?

Differentiation note: If you need support, use sentence starters such as "This feature helps me because..." or ask a peer to help locate examples in the article.