I can use my growing wide range of academic and content-specific vocabulary to understand texts.

Year 7/8: I can use my growing wide range of academic and content-specific vocabulary to understand texts.

Name of Text: Underground Explorers

Defintions

Void: an empty space or vacuum. Fluorescent: able to give off visible light after being exposed to a source of heat, light, or other form of energy Vulnerable: able to be hurt or injured Interconnected: to connect or cause to be connected one to the other or others. Seldom: not often; rarely.

Example/Non Example	Is a void messy? Why or why not?	no because it's got nothing in it.
	Which color is the most fluorescent at night? Why?	the silver stripes because there really bright at night.
	Why are elderly people more vulnerable than children? Why?	there reflexs aren't that quick.
	Which is more interconnected; a vine or a dandeloin? Why?	a vine because it's coming out of itself.
	Which is more seldom; the Olympics or an election in NZ? Why?	the olympics because it happens more often.

Word Associations	The plants in the garden are die during a frost	Vulnerable
	There were lots of different paths that joined each other	Interconnected
	I made a shot from halfway while facing backwards.	Seldom
	We are still exploring  outer space.	Void
	I can find my key ring easily in the dark.	Fluorescent

Word Relationships How might each pair of words be connected?	Vulnerable/Fluorescent	Vulnerable to be seen
	Void/interconnected	Void is empty so wherever you go there will be space.

Extended Writing	Think of a time when you felt as though you were in a void or when you saw something that happens seldom. Write a paragraph about this.
	When i shot from half way and got it in, i celebrated and it felt good, in Football at Lunch time so that was seldom.