Lesson Plan for Reading: Non Fiction Text Features

4/1/14

Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. Objectives: Students should be able to list the text features found in a non-fiction text. Students should be able identify text features in a non-fiction text. Students should be able to describe how text features help the reader. Materials: Prezi Review Game (Interactive Whiteboard) Non Fiction Books (Science Book, Time for Kids, Childrens Encyclopedia, Rainforest Book) Non Fiction Text Feature Scavenger Hunt (26 copies) Anticipatory Set (Hook): I will engage students by playing a review game of non-fiction text features on the interactive whiteboard. Direct Instruction: After we play the game, I will explain the definition of these text features to students and go over examples. I will put these definitions and examples on chart paper. I will ask students why they think these text features help readers. For example, Why would a table of conten ts help a reader? After we discuss as a class, I will send students off on a non-fiction text feature scavenger hunt. Students will work with their table groups collaboratively. Each table group will have non-fiction books to explore. Students will look at the book and fill out the scavenger hunt sheet. Vocabulary: Table of Contents- gives the heading and beginning page number of each section in a book. Diagram- A drawing that shows the parts of something. Photograph- a picture made with a camera that shows how things look in real life. Caption- the words next to or underneath a picture that explain what it is or is about. Map- a picture that shows the location of things or places. Heading- tells the reader what the section is about. Graph- shows information in a visual way so that it is more easily understood by readers. Glossary- alphabetically lists new or important words and shows or tells what they mean.

Table- is a chart of information presented in a visual way. It is often used to compare things. Check for Understanding: I will check for understanding by observing student participation during the review game (formative) and by collecting the scavenger hunt when students are finished. Guided Practice: Students will work in table groups to complete their scavenger hunt sheet. Closure: To wrap it up, we will discuss what books each table group looked at and how text features help the reader (to find key facts or information in a text efficiently). We will talk about the different types of non-fiction texts we explored (magazine, encyclopedia, school book, animal book, etc) and how not all of these books will have all of the text features. Independent Practice: N/A Self-Reflection/Evaluation: Students were very engaged during the Prezi Review. Next time, I would make the scavenger hunt a little bit shorter and also went over how a scavenger hunt works (you keep looking until you find it!). This lesson was a little difficult for second grade, could be used as a culminating activity at the end.