Text Structure-Complete Metamorphosis

Text Structure

The student is expected to

recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:

organizational patterns such as logical order and order of importance;

Multiple Choice

What text structure is used to organize the text "Complete Metamorphosis"?

• Problem and Solution

• Sequence

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

Multiple Choice

By organizing “Complete Metamorphosis” sequentially, the author is able to —

• explain why the larvae grow so quickly.

• provide information about why insects lay their eggs in particular locations.

• inform the reader of the logical order of the stages of insect development.

• describe the stage when someone will be able to catch the insect.

Open Ended

In your own words explain the complete metamorphosis life cycle of the insect.

Multiple Choice

What text strcuture is demosntrated by this image from the text?

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the text does NOT support the sequencing text structure?

• Larvae, or work-like grubs, soon hatch from these eggs. This is the second stage of metamorphosis.

• In the fist stage the egg is laid by the adult.

• Some eggs are so tiny they can only be seen under a microscope, and some can be up to one-half inch long.

• When larvae finally stop eating, they molt one last time into the third stage.