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Thursday, April 29, 2010

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Post Writing Assessment Explanations

The Life Cycle of Butterflies

Your class has been researching the life cycles of butterflies. You need to write an explanation of the processes of change that occur during a butterfly's life cycle. Look carefully at the diagram.

You need to write to explain the life cycle of a butterfly. You should think about the process that happens and include details and reasons in your explanation.

Hints

Remember who you are writing the explanation for.
Use the diagram to help you think about what to write.
You can add ideas of your own.
Start by telling what it is you are going to write about.
Remember to give details and reasons to help explain the process.
Write in sentences.
Think about the order of your ideas.
Pay attention to spelling and punctuation.
Remember to use the time at the beginning for planning and the time at the end to check and edit your writing.
If you need more space to plan your writing, ask the teacher for more paper.

Time Frame:

5min discussion as a class

5min Planning

30min Writing

5min editing at the end

Homework for Week 3, Term 3

Do materials stay where they are deposited?

Over the next week I want you to use the web to complete the table below for mountains, hills and volcanoes. Be sure to provide evidence of your ideas :-) For those who want a challenge I have left a spare space for you to add in one more landform.

click here for a master copy of the table.

Landforms	Do the materials move?	How do they move?	Where do they move to?	What evidence do you have to prove this?
Mountains
Hills
Volcanoes
Challenge - extra Landform