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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Feature Articles

Hello Writers,

Today we will be reading a feature article called Child Soldiers Set Free.  Please keep in mind that this article was written in 2001.  Here is the link to the article: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,100948,00.html

After we are finished reading, we will talk about the importance of titles, subtitles, headings, pictures, and captions when writing a feature article.

After the discussion, please write a post explaining why these text features are important when writing a feature article.

Thanks,
Mrs. Springston

8 comments:

Maria said...

Dear Mrs.S,

I think that captions are important because they give lots of information if the reader doesn't understand the picture. Headings are important because they give information what you are reading about. Pictures are important because they give you proof that the story is true and they tell you that your reading something that is non fiction.

Your friend,
Maria

Brandon said...

Dear Mrs.Springston,

I think titles are important because they say the name of your article.I think subtitles are important because they tell the reader what the story is going to be about.headings are important because it tells what that section is going to be about.pictures are important because the reader might think it's not true.captions are important because it says what is going on the pictures.These are the reasons why these text features are important.
From,Brandon

Randy said...

Dear Mrs.S,

I think the importance of a title is to make the reader understand what is the book talking about.Also,the subtitle importance is what are you talking about in the book.In addition, the importance of a heading is to tell what is going to happen in this section.The importance of a picture is to tell if the text is true.Lastly, the importance of a caption is to talk more about the picture if the picture is low on detail.These are some reason why title, subtitle, heading, picture, and captions.

From,

Randy

Aubree said...

Dear Mrs.S,

The titles are important because it tells you what you are going to read about. Subtitles are important because they give you information about the picture. Headings are important because they tell you whats going to happen in that section. Pictures are important because they show you what the article is going to be about. The captions are important because they say what people are planning to do.

From,
Aubree

Parker said...

Dear Mrs. S

In feature articals there are titles and sub titles. There are also picture and picture captions. The picture and picture captions are important because they tell what the picture is about. There are headings in feature articals. The headings tell what the section is going to be about.
From,
Parker

Sydney said...

Dear Mrs.S,

Hear are the reasons the titles, subtitles, headings, pictures and the caption are important. Titles are important because they tell the reader what they are reading about overall. The subtitles are good to have when the titles isn't clear and subtitles help you understand. Headings tell you whats going on in that section. Picture tell the reader that what they are reading is true.Caption are helpful because they tell you whats in the picture. Your friend, Sydney

Myles said...

Dear Mrs. s,

Titles are important because they tell the reader what you're writing about. Subtitles are important because they tell you what the picture is. Subtitles are important because they tell you what is happening in the picture. Headings tell you what the next section will be about. Captions are sentences that tell you what the picture means.

From,
Myles

Azalea said...

Dear Mrs.s,

This are some of the reasons text features are important. Headings are important because you have to now what that part of the article is about thats why headings are very important in the article. Titles and subtitles are important because if you didn't have titles you wouldn't now what the article is about and the subtitles give you a litter more information about the article.Pictures and captions go together because the pictures is telling you that they are saying the truth and the caption tell you what is happening. That is why you need text feature in a article.
From,
Azalea

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