Year 7/8: 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

Definitions

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 empty or vacuuming up things
	Which color is the most fluorescent at night? Why?	Green because it was most seeable
	Why are elderly people more vulnerable than children? Why?	Because of old age they are less stable and balance is shaky and on the other hand kids are full of energy and life.
	Which is more interconnected; a vine or a dandelion? Why?	A vine because it is connected to the ground a dandelion is easy to pull out
	Which is more seldom; the Olympics or an election in NZ? Why?	The olympics being in NZ because we never have olympics and we have elections every year.

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	They are similar because the use of fluorescent is sometimes used to prevent injuries so people will see and stop at the fluorescent signs .
	Void/interconnected	They  are similar because in a blank space there is always connecting to something else.

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 had moved house and we were going around the house with barely anything in the rooms and it was empty.