I can apply my knowledge of adverbial clauses and connectives to see how ideas are linked in texts.

I can apply my knowledge of adverbial clauses and connectives to see how ideas are linked in texts.

For reading I have been learning about adverbial clauses. I have found this learning mostly easy but a little bit hard because I feel that I knew a lot about the topic.

In this activity (link to adverbial clause activity), I had to find the adverbial clause in the sentence.

I can recognize and understand a variety of grammatical constructions and some rhetorical patterns

I can recognize and understand a variety of grammatical constructions and some rhetorical patterns

In this unit I have been learning about:

• The parts of speech.
• The types of nouns.
• The types of sentences.

In this unit, I found challenging was identifying the sentences.

Something new I learnt was what different types of sentences mean.

Reading

This is our reading follow up we had to read two articles and write about them then decide witch one YOU thought was best.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fsSSHslcZzO23gze2qMmzauh6gP3V4iVBwsF4XBIRpY/edit

Vocab Week 5

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

Year 9/10: I have a large vocabulary that is connected to my own knowledge about the world.

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?	It could be because there could be blood everywhere.
	Which color is the most fluorescent at night? Why?	Black because it will be dark in the cave because no sun.
	Why are elderly people more vulnerable than children? Why?	Because if they have one little scratch it really hurts them and because they are very sensitive.
	Which is more interconnected; a vine or a dandelion? Why?	Dandelion, because there are loads of petals that are connected off it.
	Which is more seldom; the Olympics or an election in NZ? Why?	Olympics because its only every four years.

Word Associations	The plants in the garden are die during a frost	Vulnerable: able to be hurt or injured
	There were lots of different paths that joined each other	Interconnected: to connect or cause to be connected one to the other or others.
	I made a shot from halfway while facing backwards.	Seldom: not often; rarely.
	We are still exploring  outer space.	Void: an empty space or vacuum.
	I can find my key ring easily in the dark.	Fluorescent: able to give off visible light after being exposed to a source of heat, light, or other form of energy

Word Relationships How might each pair of words be connected?	Vulnerable/Fluorescent	Vulnerable: able to be hurt or injured. Fluorescent: able to give off visible light after being exposed to a source of heat, light, or other form of energy. In both of these you can get hurt.
	Void/interconnected	Void: an empty space or vacuum. Interconnected: to connect or cause to be connected one to the other or others. When something is empty of has a gap, you need to interconnect it to fix it.

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 NZ won a game of netball to Aussie I was very surprised because NZ has NOT got as many choices of good players; but Aussie has all of Aussie to chose from, also it was just a fluke because every other game Aussie has won. Its always been NZ and Aussie in the finals.

I can describe the structure of a Short Story

Something I have learned about the structure of short stories is: Its not that short.

After reading some short stories two things I will remember when I write my own short story are not making it too long and making it short strong and punchy.

Natasha's Authors purpose L4

WALT: I can identify and evaluate the way writers use language and ideas to suit their purpose.

My follow up

Reading WALT: I can gather, evaluate, and synthase information across a small range of texts.

This reading follow up I did with Jake, what you had to do was to read 3 articles about the flag, and then write what you and your partner thinks. This is what me and Jake came up with.

Reading follow up

SLC Reading

WALT: Describe how text features make reading interesting.

SO WHAT:

For this task we had to describe why text features are added in books.

NOW WHAT: At my SLC I said as an example "paragraphs are added so the reader knows it's going to  be a different subject because each paragraph is different".