Hercules

Hercules

By Benedict Heffernan

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Multiple Choice

For which labor did Hercules kill the Stymphalian birds?

• For his fifth labor

• For his sixth labor

• For is seventh labor

• He did not do that

Multiple Choice

What are the 4 verb choices that you can use as your WHAT in your W sentence?

• killed

  murdered

  cleaned

  looked

• killed

  captured

  strangled

  found

• strangled

  killed

  shot

  wrestled

• took

  captured

  killed

  cleaned

Multiple Choice

Did Hercules kill Cerberus?

• No, he did not.

• Yes, he did.

​Cerberus

​Hercules did not kill Cerberus. He captured the three-headed dog and then returned him later.

Multiple Choice

How did Hercules kill the Lernian hydra?

• by dipping the arrows in its blood

• by strangling it

• by chopping off its heads

• by shooting it with poisoned arrows

the hydra

​Hercules killed the hyrda by chopping off its heads.

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This was very difficult because every time Hercules chopped one head off, the hydra would grow two more heads!​

Open Ended

How did Hercules solve the problem of the hydra growing more heads every time he chopped one off?

DO NOT PLAGIARIZE (copy)

Write your answer in your own words.

If you put fire on a cut or wound, the wound will close. It will shut!

So, by sealing the wounds on the hydra shut, no more heads could grow!​

sealing the wounds shut

verb = close

verb = shut​

cauterizing - burning​

Multiple Choice

When we tell the reader HOW Hercules did something, what do we use after the preposition "by"

Example: Hercules killed the Nemean lion by _________.

• base form of the verb

• verb in the past tense

• verb+ing

• has + past participle

Multiple Choice

Hercules was a god.

• True, he was a full, 100% god!

• False, he was only half god.

Hercules

Hercules had a god as a father.

Hercules had a human as a mother.

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For Greek mythology, the best things to call Hercules is:

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a demi-god

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Multiple Choice

For his 12th labor, Hercules captured Cerberus, the guard dog of the underworld, by wrestling it and not using weapons.

What tool has the writer used in red?

• an appositive

• a subordinating conjunction

• a concession word/phrase

• a relative clause

Open Ended

Write an appositive to fill in the gap:

Hercules, ____________ , captured the Cerynian hind.

Open Ended

Write an appositive to fill in the gap:

Hercules, captured Cerberus, __________, without using any weapons.

Poll

Which of these labors of Hercules do you think was the most difficult?

• 7th

• 8th

• 9th

• 10th

• 11th

Let's review the structure, then it will be your turn to write.

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Get ready to write a W sentence

For his second labor, Hercules killed the Lernean hydra by chopping off its heads.

1. ​Begin your sentence with WHEN using our phrase: For his _____ labor,

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2. Add the WHO and WHAT using "Hercules" and 1 of our 4 verbs:

   killed - captured - cleaned - took

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3. Finally, add the HOW by using the preposition "by" and a verb+ing

For his second labor, Hercules killed the Lernean hydra, a terrifying monster, by chopping off its heads.

1. ​You can always add more detail and information to your sentence by adding an appositive.

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2. You can add an appositive for our hero, Hercules, or for the creature, animal, monster, or object that is included in his labor.​

Open Ended

Write a correctly structured W sentence about any labor 8-12, or the labor you think was the most difficult.

When - who - what - how

Your sentence MUST use: killed - captured - cleaned - took

Multiple Choice

For his 11th labor, how did Hercules get the golden apples?

• he picked them himself

• he killed the dragon and took them

• the nymphs gave him the apples

• Hercules asked Atlas to get them for him

Multiple Choice

What did Hercules do while Atlas got him the apples?

• Hercules waited patiently

• Hercules held up the sky for Atlas

• Hercules fought the dragon

• Hercules swam with the nymphs

Put the sentences in the correct order.

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Read it carefully

Summary sentence quiz

Open Ended

Write a correctly structured W sentence about the 11th labor

When - who - what - how

Open Ended

Write your SWBST summary.

It can be 1 longer sentence, or you can write a few sentences.