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

I can recognise 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, the first few activities i found challenging because i was just learning

Something new I learnt was what grammatical constructions even are.

I can apply my knowledge of adverbial clauses

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 a bit challenging because i didn't know much at first.

In this activity Link! , I had to Identify the adverbial clause in each sentence by highlighting it.

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?	Not really well unless someone fell down it there would be blood
	Which color is the most fluorescent at night? Why?	Fluorescent yellow because it’s brighter than fluorescent green and fluorescent orange.
	Why are elderly people more vulnerable than children? Why?	Because there bones are fragile.
	Which is more interconnected; a vine or a dandelion? Why?	Vines because interconnected means to connect two or more things together
	Which is more seldom; the Olympics or an election in NZ? Why?	NZ elections are more seldom because there every 3 years and Olympics are every 4 years

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	Be both of them you stand out.
	Void/interconnected	You could be in an interconnected cave and then you fall down a void

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 scored  two goals in Saturday football in two weeks that's more than I had scored last season. Also In softball when I caught someone out I hadn't caught any one out last season or this season because the ball would never come to me and when it I caught it.

authors purpose

The books we had read were really interesting especially the independence games, I think that i did the follow up activity pretty well.

My Authors Purpose Follow 

WALT: I can gather, evaluate, and synthesise information across a small range of texts

Today we have been working on this Evaluating information chart. We had to wright reasons from websites we looked at, why we should or shouldn't change the flag. We wrote reasons why we shouldn't change the flag on the left side. On the right we wrote why we should change the flag on the right side..
Here is a link to me and my partners doc that we came up with.

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