KEY FEATURES OF A CONTENT BOOK

Title:                                   name of a book, chapter, unit, lesson, movie, etc.

Unit, Chapter                      main sections or parts of a book

Lesson:

Table of Contents:               listing of main sections and features in the book

Topic:                                   main idea

Focus:                                  pay attention, concentrate attention

Purpose   

Questions:                           questions that focus of the main idea or

*Check up                           PURPOSE of the lesson.

Questions                         

Heading:                              title of a part or small SECTION of a lesson or chapter/subtopic

Illustration:                          picture, chart, or graph

Caption:                               description or question written ABOVE, BELOW, or NEXT TO

                                            an illustration

Label:                                   word or phrase IN the illustration which tells the name of a part of the     picture

Key Words:                          important words or phrases often seen in bold print, italics print, or  underlined,  CAPITAL LETTERS, highlighting, or "quotation marks"

Check-up/Review                 questions at the end of the chapter or lesson to tell if the

Questions:                           material was understood

Glossary:                              a list of special or difficult words with their meanings

Index:                                  list of what is in a book and where it is found

Two column                         notes in two column format to review or practice

Note-taking:                        new vocabulary or important information.

                                                                                                  Waldkirch  03/13