Reading: Vocabulary

Here my reading activity for week 5.

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 is a empty space.
	Which color is the most fluorescent at night? Why?	yellow because when a car goes past when it's lights are it reflects.
	Why are elderly people more vulnerable than children? Why?	because they are old and there bones are more fragile.
	Which is more interconnected; a vine or a dandeloin? Why?	a vine because they are connected to each other.
	Which is more seldom; the Olympics or an election in NZ? Why?	the olympics because they are 4 years apart.

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	If you were wearing dark clothes you will be vulnerable because you could get by a car.
	Void/interconnected	Because you can connect together and clean the room to make it an empty 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.
	It was in my summer sport cricket last season.  I got out and I had only got about 10 runs in my innings.  With about 4 games to go I somehow stepped up and got not outs and 20-30 runs each game.  I also bagged a few wickets in these games as well.  It turned out to be a good end to the season for me.