Who is out to get Heracles? Why? What does she do to him?
1. Hera
2. jealousy
3. Sends snakes to kill him when he's a baby, then drives him mad
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How did Heracles get a golden apple from the Garden of the Hesperides? If a mortal picked one of the apples, he would die.
He got Atlas to pick them for him. He held the earth for Atlas while he was gone, and tricked Atlas into taking it back.
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What is a noun?
A person, place or thing
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What is a coordinating conjunction? What acronym helps us remember coordinating conjunctions?
connects a word to a word, a phrase to a phrase, or a clause to a clause.
FONYABS: For, or, nor, yet, but, and so
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How did he clean the Augean Stables?
He changed the course of the river so that it swept the stables clean.
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What is the name of Heracles's cousin that the oracle sends him to? What is he the king of?
Eurystheus, King of Mycenae
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What was Heracles's first labor?
To kill the Nimean Lion with its impetrable skin.
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What is the difference between a concrete and an abstract noun?
GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF EACH
A concrete noun is: a thing that is tangible (you can sense it with your senses)
ex: hero, boar, king
An abstract noun is: An idea that is not tangible
ex: Hubris, love, sorrow, frustration
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What is a subordinating conjunction? Give an example.
A subordinating conjunction connects and shows the relationship between two clauses that are not equally important.
Although, because, while, if, that, where, until, before, etc.
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Which monster did Heracles NOT kill?
the hydra, the Nemean Lion, the man-eating mares
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How many labors does Heracles have to do?
Originally ten, but then twelve. He had helping cleaning the stables and slaying hydra.
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What was Heracle's first wife's name?
Megara
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What is a collective noun? Give an example.
A collective noun names a group or a unit.
tribe, team, class, etc.
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Find the subordinating and the coordinating conjunction.
Heracles needed to steal the golden apple and bring it to Eurystheus after defeating the three-headed giant.
Heracles needed to steal the golden apple and bring it to Eurystheus after defeating the three-headed giant.
subordinating: after
coordinating: and
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What happened to Heracles after he died?
Zeus resurrected him and made him a god. He went to Mount Olympus and married the goddess, Hebe.
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How did he kill the hydra?
He burned the hydra's mortal heads and cut off and buried the immortal heads.
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What is the name of the Amazon queen?
Hippolyte
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What is the difference between a pronoun and a proper noun?
Find the pronoun and the proper noun:
Sophie loves to run; she is very fast.
A pronoun replaces a noun.
A proper noun is a specific person, place or thing.
Pronoun: she
Proper noun: Sophie
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Find the subject and direct object in the following sentence:
Heracles defeated the Nemean Lion.
Subject: Heracles
Direct object: Nemean Lion
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Find the collective noun in the following sentence:
The Amazons were a tribe of female warriors.
tribe
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What was Heracles's twelth and final labor?
To capture Cerberus from the underworld.
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Name five of Heracles's twelve labors
1. The Nemean Lion/ 2. the Lernean Hydra/ 3. the Golden Hind of Artemis/ 4. the Erymanthian Boar/ 5. the Augean Stables/ 6. The Stymphalian Birds/ 7. The Cretan Bull/ 8. The Man Eating Mares of Diomedes/ 9. The Golden Girdle of Hippolyte/ 10. Geryon's Cattle, fights Geryon and Orthrus/ 11. The Golden Apple of the Hesperides/ 12. Cerberus
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What is an antecedent?
Find the antecedent:
Heracles was a hero. He completed twelve difficult labors.
An antecedent is the noun a pronoun replaces.
Heracles
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In this story, find: 1) a proper noun/ 2) two pronouns/ 3) two entecedents/ 4) a coordinating conjunction 5) subordinating conjunction 6) an abstract noun 7) a concrete noun:
Heracles set out to find the hydra and to kill it. He had no fear because he knew he had his super strength and his wits.