In literacy, we have been working hard to compare and contrast the genres of fiction and non-fiction. Part of our lesson was being able to identify non-fiction based on their text features. Students spent the week reading multiple non-fiction texts and working to recognize different text features like headings, bold print, captions, and so on. In this activity, students worked in small groups surrounded by various non-fiction texts from our classroom. They worked together to go on a "scavenger hunt" for different text features. As students found the text features on their list, they used the app FotoFlo to take pictures of each. At the end of the activity, students had a slideshow in FotoFlo of 7-10 text features. Next, they were able to record their voices over each slide. For example, "This is an example of a caption. A caption is a text feature that gives us more information about a photograph!". Students had so much fun with this activity and the result was a deep understanding of the characteristics of non-fiction text!
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