Lesson 9

• Identify and analyse different text features in picture books
• Understand the roles and effects of narrative text, dialogue, descriptive language, sound effects, and onomatopoeia in storytelling
• Develop critical thinking skills by examining the use of text features in picture books

Go through this  RESOURCE  below and ensure YOU understand the features first. Find picture books that show all these features.

• • Chart paper or whiteboard
  • Markers or chalk
  • Various picture books with different text features
  • Writing materials (paper, pencils, etc.)
  • Teacher Resources – what are the text features of a picture book

• Begin the lesson by introducing the concept of text features in picture books.
• Display examples of picture books featuring narrative text, dialogue, descriptive language, sound effects, and onomatopoeia.
• Engage students in a discussion about the importance and impact of these text features on the reader’s experience. Focus on: (narrative text, dialogue, descriptive language, sound effects, and onomatopoeia.) 
• Explain that they must consider these text features in their books when they design it.

• Provide a selection of picture books with different text features.
• Assign small groups of students to analyze two specific text features in an assigned book. Here is a worksheet that you can share with your students.
• Have groups discuss and identify examples of the assigned text features in their picture book, highlighting its purpose and effect on the story.

• Divide students into pairs or small groups.
• Provide magazines, newspapers, or printouts of online articles.
• Instruct students to search for and cut out examples of text features (narrative text, dialogue, descriptive language, sound effects, onomatopoeia) from the provided resources.
• Have students create a collage by arranging and pasting the collected text features on a poster or large sheet of paper.
• Have each group present their text feature collages to the class, explaining their choices and discussing the impact of the text features they included.
• Encourage students to be mindful of text features when reading picture books and to consider their impact on the storytelling process.

• Ask students to think about their own story
• Let them brainstorm which text features they think they could use in their story 
• Let them select 3-4 and start writing down HOW they would use it in their own story.

• Discuss the intended audience and purpose of different text features, highlighting how they help convey information and emotions and create engaging stories.
• Foster a supportive and inclusive environment where students feel comfortable expressing their thoughts and interpretations of the text features in picture books.