Language of DOWN UNDER by Moment
This list is for teachers and parents. Discuss these words with readers before they read each chapter. Readers may have difficulty with words that don’t appear in everyday discussion. Adopting new words and terms builds a better vocabulary to describe reading experiences.
MOMENT ONE: lacrosse
MOMENT TWO: blue, larrikin, tallo, tobacco, water well
MOMENT THREE: bluey, fossick, furphy, mate, stuffed, I’ll be
MOMENT FOUR: Pennyrile
MOMENT FIVE: barbecue, cicada, fella, mob, moolah, Victoria
MOMENT SIX: down under, platypus, puddle-snorts, ta
MOMENT SEVEN: caddywompus, cricket, Darwin, fella, galah, poa, vegemite
MOMENT EIGHT: coydog, digger, galah, malle, Willy Willy, Wolle paper
MOMENT NINE: billa bong, bourbon, mozzie
MOMENT TEN: doovalacky
MOMENT ELEVEN: dingo, marsupial, pig-footed bandicoot
MOMENT THIRTEEN: candlestix, stalactite
MOMENT FOURTEEN: cassowary, joey, Tasmanian tiger
MOMENT SIXTEEN: opal, noodling, stalagmite
MOMENT NINETEEN: noodling
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