english lesson - textual aids

text features

textual aids are also called?

textual aids

• These are visual elements of page that should out from the main text

• Are tools or materials that provide

  support and facilitate understanding

  of a text

charts, graphs, diagrams, maps, tables, etc

examples of textual aids

advance organizer

An instructional unit that is used before

direct instruction or before new topic.

⮚Like cognitive roadmaps that allow students

to see where they have been and where they

are going.

⮚It is the direct intellectual scaffolding for

subsequent learning.

expository, comparative, narrative advance

types of graphic organizers

expository organizer

Describes the new content.

⮚May simply provide students with

the meaning and purpose of what to follow

Comparative Organizer

It is designed to discriminate between the old and new concepts to prevent confusion caused by their similarity

Narrative Advance Organizer

Presents the new information in the form of a story

skimming

⮚Focuses on highlighted information.

⮚Headings, subheadings, and the first sentence of each paragraph.

Graphic Organizer

•a method of presenting information in the visual realm.

•demonstrates relationships between different information and concepts

T-Chart

helps organize ideas into two columns and examine two concepts of an objects, concepts or events

Concept Map

shows relationships between the main idea and other information

Venn Diagram

is used to compare and contrast two or more groups of things visually displaying their similarities and differences in overlapping circles.

Sequence Chart

•presents a series of steps of events in order.

•also called flow diagram

cause and effect diagram

•helps you illustrate the relationships on why something happens or visually explains the effect of something.

K-W-L Chart

•used at any age for any subject matter.

•a popular form of advance organizer.

•about what they know about the topic, what they want to know, and what they have learned in the end.