Informational Text and Summary

Master informational text features! Practice identifying headings, captions, and more with this engaging worksheet.

Matching Match the word to its correct definition. details pieces of information that describe or support main idea the subject and what the text says about the subject. subject the topic, or who or what a text is mostly about summary a short statement of the most important ideas supporting idea facts, reasons, and other details that explain a main idea caption words about a picture subheading words that label shorter parts of the text text features elements of informational text such as headings and captions heading words at the top of the text that give the subject or topic italics words in slanted type Label Using the terms listed, label the parts of the graphic organizer. details, main idea, subject, supporting ideas Subject main idea details supporting ideas Terms Which definition goes with each term? caption Which Text feature describes a picture? heading Which text feature can help you identify the subject? italics Which text feature is a type style that calls attention to details? subheading Which text feature can help you identify a supporting detail? Label the Graphic Fill in the blue dot areas with the correct label of heading, subheading, or caption. Heading subheading subheading subheading caption Graphic Organizer Fill in each blue dot area with the correct label:body armor run very fast cockroaches eat anything head, thorax, abdomen cockroaches eat anything run very fast body armor head thorax abdomen Summary Using the information in the graphic organizer, write a summary of the article. Wanted Poster Think about what is included in a typical wanted poster. Then, design a wanted poster for a cockroach. You will do this by using the key ideas and details you learned from the article to describe what people should look for when searching for the "wanted" cockroaches. Have fun with it but make sure the details are accurate!