Academic task 1: Describing a natural process

Natural cycles. 
This diagram (source Internet, unknown) is labelled The Life Cycle of a Frog and includes key vocabulary to guide you.
You can use these words but equally if you can find your own better or alternative words then we recommend you do as this will score you marks in lexical resource. 
The rubric will say:
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The diagram illustrates the Life Cycle process of frogs in a pond.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
You will notice that the rubric for task 1 is always the same whether it is a pie chart, bar chart , map, graph or process. 

The life cycle of a frog - how to start. 

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  Use arrows (if there are any) to help you. Here there are no arrows.
  
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  The arrows take you from mature frog, through the reproduction process (not shown but assumed), the stages of development of tadpoles in the pond and back to the fully grown frog again.
  
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  It is a circular diagram - a life cycle so it does not matter where you start.
  
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  We are going to start with the embryos as this feels logical!
  
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  This cycle is not difficult so all you have to do is explain the stages and describe this clearly using academic language.
  

Step 2 - Decide which connecting words and vocabulary you need. 
Use CHUNKS or FRAGMENTS of language.
To score highly in this task 1 you need to link the stages together. Here are some key words for this and you will see these in my answer. Adverbs to connect stages in a cycle - grammatical coherence.

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  First stage.
  
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  The first stage is when + noun + verb
  
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  To begin with,
  
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  The process commences with
  
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  Initially,
  
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  MIddle stages.
  
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  This step involves + ing
  
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  Then,
  
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  Once,
  
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  After that,
  
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  The next stage in the cycle/ process is...
  
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  After the completion of this stage, the next step is usually…
  
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  While / As
  
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  Once A is finished, B is able to start.
  
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  As a result of ….
  
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  When,
  
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  As soon as,
  
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  Where
  
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  Final stages.
  
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  Subsequently,
  
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  Following this,
  
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  Once this stage is complete, …
  
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  This results in ..
  
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  Finally,
  
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  Eventually.