PAIREDREADApplesMythadaptedbyBetsyHebertillustratedbyYevgeniaNaybergSTRATEGIES&SKILLSA**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:ThemePhonicsClosedSyllablesandOpenSyllablesVocabularyStrategySentenceCluesVocabularyappeared,crops,develop,edge,golden,rustled,shining,stagesContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordcount:751**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118767-6MHID:0-02-118767-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1Hercules..........................2Chapter2Looking..........................6Chapter3Finding..........................10Chapter4Tricking..........................13RespondtoReading...............16Apples.....................17FocusonGenre..................20adaptedbyBetsyHebertillustratedbyYevgeniaNaybergEssentialQuestionWhatdomythshelpusunderstand?GenreMythLongagoinGreece,apowerfulherolived.HisnamewasHercules,andhewasthesonofthemightygodZeus.Evenasababy,Herculeshadgreatstrength.Asaman,hewasstrongerthananyother.CHAPTER12ButthegoddessHeradidnotlikeHercules.Shecursedthestrongmanandcausedhimtogocrazy.Herculesdidterriblethingsinhismadness.3Atlast,Herculesreturnedtonormal.Hesawthedamagehehaddone,andhebeggedforforgiveness.Heaskedthegodstolethimearnbackhishonor.Thegodsagreed,andsenthimtoworkforaking.ThekinggaveHerculestwelveverydifficulttaskstoperform.HedislikedHercules,andhewantedtheherotofail.4NoonethoughtHerculescouldcompletealltwelvetasks.Theyseemedimpossible.ButHerculesdidcompletethem,onebyone.Heusedallofhisstrengthandmanytricks,andherefusedt...
