Features of Nonfiction Text Scavenger Hunts

These scavenger hunts challenge students to identify the different features of nonfiction text. Try using these with your whole class to review the features of nonfiction text. Or use this resource to encourage your students to explore nonfiction text by noticing text features. Choose from two versions (one for beginning readers, and one for more advanced readers).

These scavenger hunts require students to identify the following features of nonfiction text:

• Captions
• Diagrams
• Glossaries
• Graphs
• Headings
• Indexes
• Labels
• Lists
• Maps
• Photographs
• Subtitles
• Tables of Contents
• Timelines
• Titles
• Types of Print (bold face, italicized, underlined)