🔎 Text Feature Explorer
Georgia Milestones Grade 3 - Developing Level
📋 Instructions:
In this activity, you will:
- Identify the audience for different texts
- Match text features to text modes (written, visual, digital)
- Explain how features contribute to the purpose
- Create your own multimodal text
Part 1: Who's the Audience? 👥
Read each text and determine who the target audience is.
Text A: "10 Easy Dinner Recipes for Busy Weeknights"
Quick meals ready in 30 minutes or less! Perfect for families on the go. Each recipe includes prep time, nutritional information, and kid-friendly options.
Text B: "Join Our School Science Club!"
Love experiments? Want to build robots? Every Wednesday after school, we explore cool science projects, go on field trips, and compete in science fairs!
Part 2: Match Text Features to Modes 🎯
Drag each text feature to the correct text mode category.
Available Features (drag these):
Headings & Subheadings
Photographs
Hyperlinks
Paragraphs
Video clips
Captions
Interactive buttons
Diagrams & Charts
📝 Written Text Mode:
🖼️ Visual Text Mode:
💻 Digital Text Mode:
Part 3: How Do Features Help? 💡
Look at this text and answer the questions below.
🌊 Save Water Every Day!
- ✓ Turn off the tap while brushing teeth
- ✓ Take shorter showers
- ✓ Fix leaky faucets
- ✓ Water plants in the morning
🌟 Every drop counts! Start saving water today! 🌟
Part 4: Create Your Own Multimodal Text ✏️
Plan a multimodal text using the template below. Choose your topic, purpose, and audience, then decide which features to use.