As educators, we know that effective teaching and learning require a strong foundation in grammar, vocabulary, and critical thinking. But what about when our students are struggling with a particular text? How can we help them understand and learn from it?
One way to help students struggling with exposition is to employ a text feature walk. Text feature walks are a helpful way to scaffold instruction and help students understand and learn from a challenging text.
A text feature walk is a guided, step-by-step process that helps students understand and learn from a text. Text feature walks can be implemented with any text, including expository texts.
To create a text feature walk, begin by identifying the main points of the text. Next, create a list of questions that will help students understand and learn from the text. Finally, provide prompts to help students answer the questions.
By using a text feature walk, you can help your students understand and learn from a challenging text.
