GRAPHIC FEATURESOF

INFORMATIONAL TEXT

What can I learn from graphics?

SOMETHING TO PONDER…

What are the types of graphics you might discover in informational text?

•Tables•Diagrams•Maps•Charts•Graphs•Keys / legends (including symbols)•Pictures

What can I learn from maps?•Names of countries•Where they are located•Where Africa is located•Compare size of countries

What can I learn from diagrams?•Different parts of

the body•Location of various parts•The ankle bone is connected to the shin bone!

What can I learn from graph?•How different countries compare•Rates for individual areas of the world •How females and males compare

What can I learn from chart or table?

•The different signs for Chinese Zodiac, the names, the corresponding years•An explanation of the signs

What can I learn from keys and legends?

•All the different areas as shown on a map•The different boundaries•Types of sites

What can I learn from pictures?

•Let’s work on an activity – Typhoon Picture Activity

How do the graphic features of a text help you

understand the topic?

•Graphic features give you additional information •explanation in condensed form

What are the most effective ways to use textual

features?•Preview •Questioning•Summarizing•Reviewing

Does this sound familiar?

Ticket out the door … In your SS textbook, find the following and list what page they are on and summarize the information …

•1 graph•2 charts or tables•3 maps