1. Monarch butterflies
By: Savannah Feist

2. Thesis Statement
The milkweed plant helps the monarch butterfly fly gracefully as they migrate.

3. Wing Color
With the upper wings a tawny-orange, the Monarch Butterflies wingspan ranges from cm.
A monarch’s wings are made up of thousands of tiny, thin, flat scales.
These wings are so unique, that each individual scale has its own special color.

4. Migration
Monarchs migrate up to 2,000 miles right before winter starts.
And by late fall, they come to rest in California or form huge colonies.
Monarchs spend their winter in warm areas such as Texas and Florida in the United States.
Scientists have been studying monarch’s flight, trying to figure out how they find their way to the mountain ranges in Mexico.

5. Protection
Monarch butterflies protect themselves by eating milkweed plants.
When they eat the milkweed plants, it causes death of their predators.
There are protective chemicals that the caterpillar obtains by eating the milkweed, with it, through its metamorphosis into a butterfly.

6. Works cited
Grace, Eric S.. The World of the Monarch Butterfly. San Francisco: Sierra Club Book
For Children, Print.
"Monarch (butterfly)." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr
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