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poverty subsistence literacy expectancy supplement underdeveloped impoverished insufficient indicators economic conditions statistics mortality urban population wealthy developed developing less-developed country illiterate Step one: Use a dictionary to match the word with its meaning. Begin by writing and underlining the word. Then write the meaning next to it. Skip a line between definitions. Step Two: On a separate sheet of blank A4 paper, choose one of the words and its definition. For the word design/draw a comic strip that clearly illustrates or explains the word. Include dialogue and/or quotations. Step three: Write a short paragraph using at least five words that demonstrates your understanding of these words. Underline each word used. Remember to include a topic and concluding sentence. You have one double period of class time, and then it becomes homework.

Definitions for Development Words managing to live or stay alive, when food and other needs are in short supply anticipation or looking forwards, to the future not enough something added to complete or correct the ability to read and write poor in quality, strength or richness having to do with a city or town the condition of being poor having a large store of money and property the state of someone or something collection, classification and use of numerical facts a country which is slowly advancing but to a smaller extent or amount (of a country) in the early stages of building an industrial economy; less fully developed than average death or rate of death the science of how money is used the people living in a country, town or other area something that points to or shows something something which has advanced or expanded unable to read or write in the stages of growing larger or advancing

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poverty the condition of being poor subsistence managing to live or stay alive, when food and other needs are in short supply literacy the ability to read and write expectancy anticipation or looking forwards, to the future supplement something added to complete or correct underdeveloped (of a country) in the early stages of building an industrial economy; less fully developed than average impoverished poor in quality, strength or richness insufficient not enough indicators something that points to or shows something

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10. economic the science of how money is used 11. conditions the state of someone or something 12. statistics collection, classification and use of numerical facts 13. mortality death or rate of death

14. urban having to do with a city or town 15. population the people living in a country, town or other area 16. wealthy having a large store of money and property 17. developed something which has advanced or expanded 18. developing in the stages of growing larger or advancing 19. less-developed country a country which is slowly advancing but to a smaller extent or amount 20. illiterate unable to read or write