1. Fly Traps! Plants that Bite Back
By: Martin Jenkins
Skill: Graphic Sources
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Author’s Purpose: inform

2. Words to Know
collect
hinge
insects
pitcher
plants
trap

3. bladderwort carnivorous chemicals dissolve flytrap
More Words to Know
bladderwort
carnivorous
chemicals
dissolve
flytrap

4. collect gather together

5. hinge a joint on which a cover or lid moves back and forth

6. insects small animals without backbones with bodies divided into three parts

7. pitcher a container for holding liquids

8. plants living things that can make their own food

9. trap a thing or means for catching animals

10. I filled the pitcher with water.

11. I filled the pitcher with water.

12. The insects, or small
animals without backbones,
crawled onto the flower.

13. The insects, or small animals without backbones, crawled onto the flower.

14. The door does not work because of the rusty hinge.

15. The door does not work because of the rusty hinge.

16. I used a trap to catch the mouse that was keeping me awake at night.

17. I used a trap to catch the mouse that was keeping me awake at night.

18. You need to collect Food City receipts.

19. You need to collect Food City receipts.

20. Add Miracle Grow to your plants to make them grow larger.

21. Add Miracle grow to your plants to make them grower larger.

22. Let’s review our words. Watch carefully because they will flash on the screen for just a moment. We will clap as we spell the word.

23. collect

24. plants

25. pitcher

26. insects

27. hinge

28. trap

29. Spelling Words Compound Words
himself
afternoon
everything
grandmother
homework
outside
barefoot
bedroom
butterfly
grandfather
everybody
backyard
popcorn
everyone
anyone

30. What is the narrator’s interest?
Review Questions p
What is the narrator’s interest?
How does the bladderwort set its traps?
3. What makes the bladderwort’s trap door open?
4. Why are the shiny parts of the sundew sticky like honey?
5. What are the most important facts you have learned so far about carnivorous plants?

31. Review Questions p 150-158 What is the biggest type of sundew?
2. What do carnivorous plants not like?
3. Why doesn’t the Venus flytrap not eat the ant?
4.How does the diagram on page 152 help the reader?
5. How is a pitcher plant like and unlike a cobra lily?
6. Whose life is the narrator writing about?

32. GREAT JOB!