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Butterfly Life Cycle Writing

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Butterfly Life Cycle Writing

Use the prompts and planning space to collect ideas for an engaging description of a butterfly’s life cycle. Sample answers are provided as models; your own ideas may be different.

Build vivid descriptions

1.Complete this simile with an original comparison: A butterfly egg was as tiny as ___.

2.Complete this simile to show how much a caterpillar eats: The caterpillar munched like ___.

3.Complete this simile to describe a chrysalis hanging quietly: The chrysalis was still as ___.

4.Complete this simile with a colourful comparison: The butterfly’s wings shone like ___.

5.Write three vivid adjectives that could describe a butterfly egg.

6.Write three vivid adjectives that could describe a caterpillar.

7.Write three vivid adjectives that could describe a chrysalis.

8.Write three vivid adjectives that could describe an adult butterfly.

9.Choose one life-cycle stage and write a descriptive paragraph. Include details a reader could see, hear, feel or smell, and use at least one simile or metaphor.

Plan your life-cycle writing

10.Plan an opening that will make a reader curious about a butterfly’s life cycle. Write a possible first sentence or a brief idea.

11.Plan the egg-stage paragraph of your life-cycle writing. Note a key detail and a descriptive word or phrase.

12.Plan the caterpillar-stage paragraph of your life-cycle writing. Note a key detail and a descriptive word or phrase.

13.Plan the chrysalis-stage paragraph of your life-cycle writing. Note a key detail and a descriptive word or phrase.

14.Plan the adult-butterfly paragraph of your life-cycle writing. Note a key detail and a descriptive word or phrase.

15.Plan a memorable ending for your life-cycle writing. Write a final sentence or briefly describe how you will finish.

16.Set one specific writing goal for your butterfly life-cycle piece. It could focus on imagery, organisation, sentence variety or accurate information.