This worksheet is a great research task for learning about different text features. Students choose a fiction and non-fiction text and try to find examples of all the features that are listed.
Compare how images in different types of texts contribute to meaning
Compare different kinds of images in narrative and informative texts and discuss how they contribute to meaning
Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions
Comprehends independently read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text, and monitoring for meaning
Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose
Compare different kinds of images in narrative and informative texts and discuss how they contribute to meaning
Students can pair up and work together.
Challenge students to find features that are not listed on the worksheet.