bugs

Reading and Writing

Read along with this passage.

What does the speaker talk about?

a. How spiders and scorpions are different.b. That scorpions use websc. That spiders and scorpions are relatedd. How spiders eat scorpion

Spider and Scorpion

How many legs do they have?

Scorpions• have claws• have tails• have big

body have small heads

• eight legs• like eating

other bugs

Spiders• make webs• have big

body have small heads• eight legs• like eating

other bugs

Create a Venn diagram showing the differences and similarities of spiders and

scorpions

Scorpions1.

2.

Spiders1.

1.2.3.4

have claws

have tails

make webs1. have big bodies

2. have small heads

3. have eight legs

4. eat other bugs

The giant hairy scorpion is big and hairy, it also has a big mouth!

____a. Like other scorpions, it has eight legs, a small head, and a poisonous sting.____b. Other than its size and hair, the giants hairy scorpion is like other scorpions and spiders.____c. The giant hairy scorpion mainly uses its tail to catch food.____d. It has a big mouth because its claws are actually part of its mouth.____e. This bug is in the same family as crabs and lobsters.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoLFR3owpfY

After watching a short video about bugs write a short paragraph (5 sentences) about the insect you like or you don’t like.

SpeakerSome people think that

spiders are bad, but I disagree. I like spiders. Although they look scary, most spiders are not dangerous at all. They can’t even bite people—their mouths are too small. A spider can be very helpful to us. Think about the golden rod spider. This spider lives in our garden and eats mosquitoes and grasshoppers. Without the goldenrod spider, grasshopper would eat our plants. And I would have more mosquito bites! Mosquitoes are much worse than spiders!

Writer

Many people don’t like spiders. Some think that spiders look scary. They have so many legs and move quickly. Some of them even jump! But mostly, people think that spiders are dangerous. They are afraid that spiders will bite them and inject poison into them. Some spiders can seriously hurt people with their poison. The black widow spider is one of these.

Write your own short paragraph by filling in the blanks.

The writer believes that _____________________________.

But the speaker believes that ______________________________.

The writer feels that ______________________________________.

because _______________________________________________.

However, the speaker feels that

_____________________________

because _________________________________. I agree with the

(speaker or writer) .I think that spiders are

__________________.

people think spiders are dangerous

spiders are good to keep around

some spiders are dangerous

they are poisonous

spiders are very helpful to usthey eat mosquitoes

and grasshoppers

Read along with this passage.

Answer page 13

1. Part B2. Part C

Write a short paragraph about what you learned or what you thought about the information in unit 1.