PAIREDREADApplesMythadaptedbyBetsyHebertillustratedbyYevgeniaNaybergSTRATEGIES&SKILLSA**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:ThemePhonicsClosedSyllablesandOpenSyllablesVocabularyStrategySentenceCluesVocabularyappeared,crops,develop,edge,golden,rustled,shining,stagesELLVocabularycurse,honorContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordcount:686**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118958-8MHID:0-02-118958-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC171615141312PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhatdomythshelpusunderstand?GenreMythChapter1Hercules..........................2Chapter2TheKing’sTask...................6Chapter3FindingtheGoldenApples.........10Chapter4ATrickyGod.....................13RespondtoReading...............16Apples.....................17FocusonGenre..................20adaptedbyBetsyHebertillustratedbyYevgeniaNaybergLongago,therewasapowerfulheronamedHercules.HewasthesonofthemightygodZeus.Asababy,Herculeswasverystrong.Asaman,hewasevenstronger.arrowsCHAPTER12ButthegoddessHeradidnotlikeHercules.Sheputacurseonhim.ThecursemadeHerculesdoterriblethings.HeraHercules3Finally,thecurseended.Herculessawthebadthingshehaddone.Heaskedthegodsforforgiveness.Hewantedtoearnbackhishonor.Thegodsagreed.TheysentHerculestoworkforaking.ThekinggaveHerculestwelveverydifficulttaskstodo.ThekingdidnotlikeHercules.Hewantedtheherotofail.gods4NoonethoughtHerculescoulddoalltwelvejobs,buthedidthem.Heusedallofhisstrengthandmanytricks.Hedidnotgiveup.Thisisthestoryofoneofthosetasks.STOPANDCHECKWhydoesHerculeshavetodo...
