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Text Features

Text Features. Bold Words. Footnotes. Charts and Graphs. Pictures Captions. Table of Contents. Subheadings. Text Boxes. Italic Words. The Purpose of Text Features. To help the reader: Preview Question Predict Infer Connect Summarize Visualize Evaluate. To help the author:

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Text Features

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  1. Text Features Bold Words Footnotes Charts and Graphs Pictures Captions Table of Contents Subheadings Text Boxes Italic Words

  2. The Purpose of Text Features • To help the reader: • Preview • Question • Predict • Infer • Connect • Summarize • Visualize • Evaluate • To help the author: • Explain • Define • Organize • Go into detail • Visually explain information

  3. Text Feature Chart

  4. Context Clues Finding meaning in your reading

  5. Tip #1 • Look for words in the passage that have a similar meaning. • These words are called synonyms. • List three synonyms for the word hate.

  6. Tip #2 • Look for words that have the meaning opposite to that of the unknown word. • These words are called antonyms Example: Not all commercial websites are untrustworthy. Indeed, many commercial sites are reputable sources of information on the topics they discuss. • What words are opposite of reputable? • So what does reputable most likely mean? A. Useful B. Reliable C. Suspicious D. Complicated

  7. Tip #3 • Plug in the answer choices to see which one makes the most sense in the sentence. Example: At last it began to grown cold, so cold that in the early morning he was obliged to put one hand in his pocket to keep it warm, while holding the plough with the other. • In this passage obliged means A. Told B. Forced C. Asked

  8. Tip #4 and #5 • Don’t be fooled by multiple meaning words! 5. Look for hints the author gives to the meaning of the word. • Check footnotes • Check for definitions right in the text DUH!!!!!

  9. Tip #6 • Use a dictionary to find out the meaning of the word. • No, you can’t do this on the benchmark, but if it is a vocabulary question on the benchmark one of the other strategies should work.

  10. Editing for Content The Writing Part for Today

  11. Content • Just like style you will be tested over content in two ways…. • THE WRITING PROMPT/ESSAY • MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

  12. The Essay • This is WHY we taught you to use the 5 Boxes • Your content score comes from the ability to do the following: • Clearly begin and end your essay • Support your answer/opinion with plenty of details

  13. In your group fill in the 5 Box Organizer Topic- The ACCTAP exam is not a good representation of what students have learned throughout the year. Idea 1: It is a reflection of what you remember on one specific day. • Detail 1- • Detail 2- • Detail 3- Idea 2: It doesn’t cover all of the frameworks in the school curriculum • Detail 1- Speech frameworks • Detail 2- • Detail 3- Idea 3: Many students have severe testing anxiety, freak out and forget simple things • Detail 1- • Detail 2- • Detail 3-

  14. Content Score cont… • So if you begin with an Introduction paragraph that has a great hook and clear thesis, • if you add 3 paragraphs chalked full of details and examples • and if you have a clear conclusion that wraps up your argument • you should get easily get a 4!

  15. Multiple Choice Questions 1. The names of the months in English may seem a little strange. They came to English from the ancient Romans. October got its name from octo, the Latin word for eight. November was named from the word novem, meaning nine; decem, the word for ten, is the root of December. However, if the months are counted, October is not the eighth month. It is the tenth. The ten month Roman calendar is to blame for the differences. Which sentence should be added to provide better elaboration of this expository text? A. November is the eleventh month and December is the twelfth. B. Romans celebrated a holiday in early spring. C. The Romans gave us a lot of other things. D. Ancient Greeks had calendars too. • So why is A the correct answer?

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