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Simple Quizzes
▶ Reading Comprehension Talk about what you read from the book. 1. To whom did King Minos promise to sacrifice a cow?
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2. Where did King Minos imprison the Minotaur?
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3. What did Theseus use to find his way out of the Labyrinth?
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4. How did Icarus die?
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5. What did Theseus forget when he returned to his homeland?
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▶ Word Quiz Read each definition and write the right word.
1. A group of stars that makes an image in the night sky. _____________________
2. When something cannot be stopped from happening. ______________________
3. Trying to make others do what you want them to do. _______________
4. A holy place where one goes to hear a prophecy. ________________
5. A person or an animal that is killed and offered to the gods.
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KWL Chart
▶ Expanse Your Knowledge What did you know about the Ancient Greek
Myth? What do you want to learn about it? What did you learn about it in
this book?
K
What I Knew
W
What I Want to Know
L
What I Learned
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Time to Write
▶ What Do You Think? Read the questions below and write your opinion.
You should think about why you have your opinions and what examples in
the book support your opinion.
◎ What do you think about the Minos? What would you do for the
Minotaur if you were Minos?
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More Information
▶ Modern Hercules Read the passage and answer the questions below.
1. Where did the Greek gods live?
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2. Who were Dryads?
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3. What are the three traits of the Greek gods?
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After the overthrow of the Titans, the new pantheon of gods and goddesses
was confirmed. Among the principal Greek gods were the Olympians, residing
on the top of Mount Olympus under the eye of Zeus. Besides the Olympians,
the Greeks worshipped various gods of the countryside, the goat-god Pan,
Nymphs (spirits of rivers), Naiads (who dwelled in springs), Dryads (who were
spirits of the trees), Nereids (who inhabited the sea), river gods, Satyrs, and
others.
In the wide variety of myths and legends that Greek mythology consists of, the
gods that were native to the Greek peoples are described as having essentially
corporeal but ideal bodies. Regardless of their underlying forms, the Ancient
Greek gods have many fantastic abilities. The Greeks considered immortality as
the distinctive characteristic of their gods.
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Book Report
▶Book Report Reread the book and complete the book report.
▶About the Book
Title
Genre Related Subject
▶Story Summary
▶The Culture of Ancient Greece
▶Your Opinion about the Book
Parent’s Signature Teacher’s Signature
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Answer Key
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▶ Reading Comprehension
1. To the god of the sea, Poseidon
2. In the labyrinth that Daedalus made.
3. He used a ball of thread tied to the gate post of the Labyrinth.
4. He flew too high and the wax in his wings melted, and he fell into the sea and
died.
5. He forgot to change the black rigging.
▶ Word Quiz
1. constellation
2. inevitable
3. manipulate
4. oracle
5. sacrifice
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▶ Modern Hercules
1. They lived on the Mount Olympus.
2. They were spirits of the trees.
3. They had ideal bodies, fantastic abilities and immortality
