First Labor of Hercules (performance coach)

Read the sentences from the play and the question that follows. KING EURYSTHEUS: (sneers) Yes, but I am told Hercules is a hero of amazing strength. Let's see if our hero can live up to his reputation. What does the idiom live up to mean?

• to be as good as people say

• to stay alive

• to accept a challenge

• to fight a lion

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

Read the sentences from the play. HERCULES: I have found the lion's subterranean lair. The lion is within. When it comes out, I shall be ready. Which two word parts can help you figure out the meaning of subterranean?

• the prefix sub-, meaning "below"

• the root trans, meaning "across"

• the suffix -ion, meaning "process"

• the root terra, meaning "earth"

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

What does the word subterranean mean?

• below the earth

• over the mountain

• under the water

• a large cave

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

The First Labor of Hercules is a play that has three acts. Explain how the setting changes from act to act and how the changes in setting develop the plot. Write your answer on the lines below. Hint: The plot is the series of events in a story. How do the different settings in the play affect the events that take place?

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

Read the examples on the left and the words on the right. Match each example with the word that best tells what part of a play it is. Each answer will be used only once. Hint: Think about the way a drama's different parts are shown in a play.

• HERCULES, a mythical Greek hero

• (A roar is heard offstage, behind Hercules.)

• Afternoon of the same day. Hercules is crouched outside a mountain cave.

• SOLDIER: Halt! Who goes there?

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.3