Unit 6: Creative Writing

If the question asks you to describe you will need to _____________.

• give stages or features

• give steps or methods

• give reasons

If the question asks you to explain how you will need to _____________.

• give stages or features

• give steps or methods

• give reasons

Stages in development of a frog:

1. Female lays egg
2. Male fertilizes egg
3. ____________________

• it grows arms and legs

• it looses its tail

• the eggs hatch in to tadpoles

These are ways that frogs protect themselves: (choose all that apply)

• they hide during the day

• fill their bodies with air to look bigger

• they breathe through their skin

• release poison from their skin

What are the reasons for the decline in the frog population? (Check all that apply)

• The water is too polluted to lay eggs

• changing climate

• development of land

• eating frog meat is popular

What is the first step to writing an answer to a test question?

• choose accurate information from your notes or memory.

• use transition words to organize your answer

• answer the entire question, but do not include unnecessary information

• use words from the test question to write the first sentence

After winter, the ____ nest building season begins for birds.

• annual

• annually

• environment

• similar

• similarly

However, all nests are _____ in one way.

• annual

• annually

• environment

• similar

• similarly

They provide a safe place for mother birds to lay eggs. ________, they provide a warm home for baby birds.

• annual

• annually

• environment

• similar

• similarly

Most nests last just one year. Birds must build a new one _____.

• annual

• annually

• environment

• similar

• similarly