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

Name of Text: Underground Explorers 

W.A.L.T: I can use my growing wide range of academic and content-specific vocabulary to understand texts.

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 an empty area so there should be no mess.
	Which color is the most fluorescent at night? Why?	Neon colours  Road signs eg. Yellow because you can easily see them in the dark.
	Why are elderly people more vulnerable than children? Why?	Because  they are not in a stable or strong position because they are older than us and we have more energy.
	Which is more interconnected; a vine or a dandelion? Why?	Vine’s are connected to plants so that’s why it’s interconnected.
	Which is more seldom; the Olympics or an election in NZ? Why?	Olympics because elections  happen every three years and olympics  happen every four years.

Word Associations	The plants in the garden are die during a frost	Fluorescent
	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.	Vulnerable

Word Relationships How might each pair of words be connected?	Vulnerable/Fluorescent	Vulnerable is easier to get hurt and fluorescent is a dark place so they have a chance to get hurt or injured.
	Void/interconnected	They are similar because void has a lot of space and interconnected is connected to something.

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.
	Getting a shot in from out of the semicircle for netball. That was rare well for me I hardly ever get shots in for netball especially out of the semicircle.

By: Zainab