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Grade 6 · English Language Arts · Unit 3 of 15

Text Features & Forms

Use headings, indexes, captions and graphs, and know different kinds of texts.

What your child practises

Practises text features such as the table of contents, index, glossary, captions and diagrams, the names of common text forms, and subject-specific vocabulary.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.6.B1.3, ELA.6.B2.2, ELA.6.B2.7 · text features, kinds of texts, and subject-specific vocabulary

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    What does a map legend (key) explain?

    • How old the map is
    • What the symbols and colours on the map mean
    • Who made the map

  2. Question 2

    You want to find every page that mentions volcanoes. Which text feature is best?

    • The index
    • The cover
    • The caption

  3. Question 3

    An autobiography is written by…

    • the person it is about
    • a newspaper editor
    • a friend of the person

  4. Question 4

    A glossary explains…

    • where the book was printed
    • who drew the pictures
    • key words used in the book

  5. Question 5

    A recipe is an example of which kind of text?

    • A poem
    • A legend
    • A procedural (how-to) text

  6. Question 6

    Why might a science article include a diagram and a paragraph about the same idea?

    • Each helps the reader understand in a different way
    • The diagram replaces the title
    • The author ran out of words

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