{"id":665,"date":"2015-11-19T23:26:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T23:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prn.bc.ca\/projects\/wwp\/?p=665"},"modified":"2015-11-19T23:26:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T23:26:41","slug":"using-book-creator-to-explore-non-fiction-text-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cwt.prn.bc.ca\/using-book-creator-to-explore-non-fiction-text-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Book Creator to Explore Non-Fiction Text Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before you have students create a non-fiction book in Book Creator, you must explore the features in a non-fiction piece.<\/p>\n<p>Text features in a non-fiction piece of writing, is like story elements in a fiction piece of writing. \u00a0Just like you need to teach students about characters, setting, problem, plot and resolution before writing stories, you must also teach students about specific features of non-fiction writing.<\/p>\n<p>These feature are there to help the reader make sense of what is written.<\/p>\n<p>Features include and are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Headings<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prn.bc.ca\/projects\/wwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-19-at-4.15.31-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-666\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prn.bc.ca\/projects\/wwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-19-at-4.15.31-PM.png\" alt=\"Text Features 1\" width=\"301\" height=\"563\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helps to know what the text topic is about and help make predictions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Timeline\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helps determine the time an event happens.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Labels\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helps identify a picture or photograph, and\/or its parts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Photographs\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helps understand exactly what something looks like.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Captions\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helps better understand a picture or photograph.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Comparisons\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helps understand the size of something by comparing it to the size of something familiar.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cut Aways\/Cross Sections\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helps understand something by looking at it from the inside.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Maps<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prn.bc.ca\/projects\/wwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-19-at-4.15.41-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-667\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prn.bc.ca\/projects\/wwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-19-at-4.15.41-PM.png\" alt=\"Text Features 2\" width=\"302\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helps understand where things are in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Types of Print\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helps by signalling, &#8220;<strong>Look at me<\/strong>! I&#8217;m important!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Close-ups\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helps\u00a0seeing details in something small.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Graphs\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helps in a visual way so that it is more easily understood by readers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Charts or Tables\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helps by giving information in a visual way so that it is quicker and easier to read.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Diagrams\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helps with a drawing<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>of the parts of something.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Indexes\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helps\u00a0with an alphabetical list of most everything covered in the text, with page numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Table of Contents\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helps\u00a0identify key topics in the order they are presented.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Glossaries\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Helps define words found in the text.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before you have students create a non-fiction book in Book Creator, you must explore the features in a non-fiction piece. 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