Level Up 3R, Pandora's Box

Complete the following sentences by finding the opposite verb of the underlined word.

• escape

• All the world's problems did not stay in the box, but they did ______ the box.

• give

• Pandora did not close the box, but she did ______ the box.

• stay

• Hope did not leave the box, but it did _____ in the box.

• create

• The god of fire did not destroy Pandora, but he did _________ her.

• open

• Zeus did not receive a gift from Pandora, but he did ____ her a gift.

Look at all the words on the left. Can you organize these words into the right categories?

Groups:

(a) Gods and Godesses

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(b) Things that escaped the box

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(c) Gifts given to Pandora

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(d) Roles of the gods

• Punishment

• Beauty

• Jewels

• Hephaestus

• Creation

• Aphrodite

• Epimetheus

• Music

• Anxiety

• Curiosity

• Disease

• Zeus

• Obeying

• Pain

• Suffering

• Rewarding

All these words are the "problems" that Pandora let out. Organize them by most specific to least specific.

• Pain

• Anxiety

• Gossip

• Anger

This image shows a "Pandora Bracelet." These are commonly given to mothers on Mother's Day or for Christmas. The company named themselves after Pandora because her name means "all _____."

Ms. Siford suggested a change in the day's school schedule to Ms. Holley. Ms. Holley said, "That's a Pandora's Box I don't think we should open today." What did Ms. Holley mean by this?

• Ms. Holley wishes that Ms. Siford gave her a gift to open.

• Ms. Holley wants to stay inside.

• Ms. Holley thinks this could create more problems than it solves.

• Ms. Holley is worried that students will escape the school.

Explain why you chose the answer you did in the previous question. What do we mean in modern English when we use the phrase "Pandora's Box?" Or, can you give a different example of a "Pandora's Box?" Show me that you understand what this phrase means.