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STARS WITH WINGS COPY MASTER

Skill Focus
CONNECT IDEAS IN TEXT
Reviewing text features helps readers connect ideas to better understand the
structure and purpose of an article. Some common text features are:
• Title: Identifies the text and the topic
• Introductory Question and Paragraph: Following the title, it may reveal the writer’s focus
or main idea
• Subheading: Signals the start of a new topic or section and identifies what it will be about
• Graphic Aids: Helps readers visualize people, places, things, and ideas. Graphic aids include
illustrations, maps, and diagrams.

Directions: Record text from the article in the chart and write the scientific facts you
learn from it. Some ideas have been recorded for you.

Text Scientific Facts

Title: “Stars with Wings” The article will be about fireflies.

Introductory question and paragraph: Fireflies eat bugs that eat vegetable gardens.

Subheadings: 1. Fireflies are not bugs or flies. They are

1. A Beetle, Actually beetles
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Graphic Aids:

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